Male crickets alter the relative expression of cuticular hydrocarbons when exposed to different acoustic environments

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-53

  Thomas, Melissa L ^a   Gray, Brian ^b   Simmons, Leigh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Condition dependence; Courtship song; Cricket; Cuticular hydrocarbon; Multiple sexual signals; Teleogryllus oceanicus

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; COURTSHIP; CRICKET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE MATING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; TELEOGRYLLUS OCEANICUS;

EID: 79958820783     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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