Recognition of calls with exceptionally fast pulse rates: Female phonotaxis in the genus Neoconocephalus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 3523-3529

  Deily, Joshua A ^a   Schul, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Amplitude modulation; Hearing; Neoconocephalus; Phonotaxis; Temporal pattern recognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; HEARING; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; HEARING; MISSOURI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 6344280428     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01179     Document Type: Article

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