Plasticity of the phonotactic selectiveness of four species of chirping crickets (Gryllidae): Implications for call recognition

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-116

  Stout, John ^a   Navia, Benjamin ^b   Jeffery, Jason ^a   Samuel, Leslie ^a   Hartwig, Laura ^a   Butlin, Ashley ^a   Chung, Mary ^a   Wilson, Jessica ^a   Dashner, Erica ^a   Atkins, Gordon ^a  

^a ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kettering College of Medical Arts   (United States)

Author keywords

Call recognition; L3 AN2 neurone; Neuronal filtering; Phonotaxis; Plasticity; Selective behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CONSPECIFIC; CRICKET; DATA SET; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; NATURAL SELECTION; NEUROLOGY; RECOGNITION; TAXIS;

EID: 80655122669     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2009.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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