Hyperacute directional hearing and phonotactic steering in the cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus deGeer)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Schöneich, Stefan ^a   Hedwig, Berthold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICKET; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; EARDRUM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING ACUITY; INSECT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHONOTAXIS; RESPONSE TIME; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WALKING; ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOUND LOCALIZATION; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 78650096135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015141     Document Type: Article

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