Courtship song's role during female mate choice in the field cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1307-1314

  Rebar, Darren ^a,b   Bailey, Nathan W ^a   Zuk, Marlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship song; Mate choice; Multiple signals; Repeatability; Teleogryllus oceanicus

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; MATE CHOICE; MULTIPLE MATING; SIGNALING;

GRYLLINAE; TELEOGRYLLUS OCEANICUS;

EID: 70450253249     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp143     Document Type: Article

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