The use of multimodal communication in mate choice decisions by female house crickets, Acheta domesticus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1131-1138

  Stoffer, Brent ^a,b   Walker, Sean E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Acheta domesticus; Acoustic signal; Chemical signal; House cricket; Male size; Mate choice; Multimodal communication; Nonacoustic signal; Song quality

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CHEMICAL CUE; CRICKET; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; SIGNAL; SONG;

ACHETA DOMESTICUS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 84858748442     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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