Do male field crickets, Gryllus pennsylvanicus, signal their age?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 185-194

  Judge, Kevin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age based indicator mechanism; Bioacoustics; Calling song; Gryllinae; Older males; Orthoptera survival

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIOACOUSTICS; BODY SIZE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CRICKET; MALE; MATING SUCCESS; SIGNAL; SONG; SURVIVAL;

GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS PENNSYLVANICUS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 78650194425     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.09.032     Document Type: Article

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