The importance of listening: Juvenile allocation shifts in response to acoustic cues of the social environment

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1325-1334

  Kasumovic, M M ^a   Hall, M D ^b   Try, H ^a   Brooks, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allocation strategy; Behavioural plasticity; Developmental plasticity; Life history; Nutrient intake; Social environment; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOACOUSTICS; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CRICKET; EGG PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HATCHING; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL MATURITY; SEXUAL SELECTION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

GRYLLIDAE; TELEOGRYLLUS COMMODUS;

EID: 79955669582     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02267.x     Document Type: Article

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