Auditory-based defence against gleaning bats in neotropical katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

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

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 349-358

  ter Hofstede, Hannah M ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^b,c   Fullard, James H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; Antipredator behaviour; Calling song; Chiroptera; Tettigoniidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BAT; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HEARING; MALE; ORTHOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; ESCAPE REACTION; MALE; ORTHOPTERA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 77952834190     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0518-4     Document Type: Article

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