Neuronal correlates of a preference for leading signals in the synchronizing bushcricket Mecopoda elongata (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 3924-3934

  Siegert, M E ^a   Romer H ^a   Hashim, R ^b   Hartbauer, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Auditory neurons; Chorus synchrony; Contralateral inhibition; Rainforest noise; Sensory bias

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RECORDING; TIME; TREE; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; NEURONS; TAPE RECORDING; TIME FACTORS; TREES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 82055192371     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.057901     Document Type: Article

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