Adaptive auditory risk assessment in the dogbane tiger moth when pursued by bats

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1704, 2011, Pages 364-370

  Ratcliffe, John M ^a   Fullard, James H ^b   Arthur, Benjamin J ^c   Hoy, Ronald R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic aposematism; Cycnia tenera; Echolocating bats; Neuroethology; Predator prey interaction; Sound producing moths

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAT; BIOACOUSTICS; ECHOLOCATION; FLIGHT; HABITUATION; MOTH; NEUROLOGY; PREDATION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL; TOXIC ORGANISM; TRADE-OFF; ULTRASONICS;

APOCYNACEAE; ARCTIIDAE; CYCNIA TENERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 79251494464     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1488     Document Type: Conference Paper

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