Grasshopper calling songs convey information about condition and health of males

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

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 309-318

  Stange, Nicole ^a   Ronacher, Bernhard ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunocompetence; Mating behavior; Morphology; Sexual selection; Song

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; GRASSHOPPERS; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84858752869     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-012-0709-2     Document Type: Article

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