Variation in the acoustic properties of the calling songs of cicada barbara and C. orni (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) at the individual and population levels

Zoological Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Seabra, Sofia G ^a   André, Genage ^a   Quartau, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cicada barbara; Cicada orni; Cicadas; Insects; Song

Indexed keywords

CICADA; CICADA BARBARA; CICADA ORNI; CICADIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 72149134601     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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