Temporal resolution for calling song signals by female crickets, Gryllus bimaculatus

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 181-191

  Schneider, E ^a   Hennig, R M ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Auditory processing; Cricket; Insect; Temporal resolution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857452531     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-011-0698-6     Document Type: Article

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