Moths are not silent, but whisper ultrasonic courtship songs

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 4072-4078

  Nakano, R ^a,e   Takanashi, T ^b   Fujii, T ^a   Skals, N ^c   Surlykke, A ^d   Ishikawa, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c University of Southern Denmark ^*  (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Courtship behavior; Low sound level; Moths; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MALE; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SOUND; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHS; PRESSURE; SOUND; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ARCTIIDAE; CRAMBIDAE; GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; OSTRINIA FURNACALIS;

EID: 71849094943     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.032466     Document Type: Article

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