Sound radiation and wing mechanics in stridulating field crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2105-2117

  Montealegre Z, Fernando ^a   Jonsson, Thorin ^a   Robert, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation; Laser vibrometry; Microinjection; Neuroactive substances; Resonance; Stridulation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EVALUATION; FORELIMB; GRYLLIDAE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIBRATION; WING;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 79957667172     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.056283     Document Type: Article

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