Evaluation of amplitude in male song: Female waxmoths respond to fortissimo notes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 4091-4100

  Limousin, D ^a   Greenfield, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic power; Fluctuating signal; Integration time constant; Signal evolution; Song amplitude

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MOTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MOTHS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ACHROIA GRISELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 71849086013     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.035345     Document Type: Article

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