The auditory system of non-calling grasshoppers (Melanoplinae: Podismini) and the evolutionary regression of their tympanal ears

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

Volumn 196, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 807-816

  Lehmann, Gerlind U C ^a,b   Berger, Sandra ^b,c   Strauß, Johannes ^d   Lehmann, Arne W ^e   Pflüger, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Evolution of nervous system; Insect hearing; Orthoptera; Vestigialisation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EAR, MIDDLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE;

EID: 78049290312     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0560-2     Document Type: Article

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