The complex auditory scene at leks: Balancing antipredator behaviour and competitive signalling in an acoustic moth

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 231-239

  Brunel Pons, Odette ^a   Alem, Sylvain ^a   Greenfield, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Achroia grisella; Acoustic insect; Lepidoptera; Life history theory; Pyralid moth; Sexual selection; Trade off; Ultrasound signal

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; LEK; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MOTH; PREDATION RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SONG; TRADE-OFF; ULTRASONICS;

ACHROIA GRISELLA; ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 78650203691     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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