Sounds, behaviour, and auditory receptors of the armoured ground cricket, Acanthoplus longipes

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Kowalski, Kerstin ^a   Lakes Harlan, Reinhard ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calling song; Courtship behaviour; Disturbance sound; Hearing system; Scolopidial organ; Sensory physiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; MALE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 79955086765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.010.5901     Document Type: Article

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