Signalling plasticity and energy saving in a tropical bushcricket

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

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 203-217

  Hartbauer, M ^a   Stabentheiner, A ^a   Romer H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Calling metabolism; Chorus synchrony; Signal plasticity; Signal timing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; GRYLLIDAE; MALE;

EID: 84857456729     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-011-0700-3     Document Type: Article

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