Calling, Courtship, and Condition in the Fall Field Cricket, Gryllus pennsylvanicus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Harrison, Sarah J ^a   Thomson, Ian R ^a   Grant, Caitlin M ^a   Bertram, Susan M ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONDITIONING; COURTSHIP; GRYLLUS; GRYLLUS PENNSYLVANICUS; LONG DISTANCE MATE ATTRACTION CALL; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PULSE RATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT RANGE COURTSHIP CALL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUND INTENSITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY SIZE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ONTARIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 84875182979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060356     Document Type: Article

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