Gleaning bat echolocation calls do not elicit antipredator behaviour in the Pacific field cricket, Teleogryllus oceanicus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 195, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 769-776

  ter Hofstede, Hannah M ^a,b   Killow, Joanne ^a   Fullard, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Calling song; Chiroptera; Echolocation calls

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; INTERNEURON; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; INTERNEURONS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 69449105311     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-009-0454-3     Document Type: Article

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