Processing of acoustic signals in grasshoppers - A neuroethological approach towards female choice

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 41-50

  Ronacher, Bernhard ^a   Stange, Nicole ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Grasshoppers; Mate choice; Preference functions; Quality indicators; Sexual selection; Spike train metric

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAELIFERA; HEARING; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MATE CHOICE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84875810335     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: 17697115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2012.05.005     Document Type: Review

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