Spectral niche segregation and community organization in a tropical cricket assemblage

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 470-480

  Schmidt, Arne K D ^a   Römer, Heiner ^a   Riede, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Community pattern; Competition; Insects; Niche segregation; Null models

Indexed keywords

BIOME; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; CRICKET; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; SIGNAL; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SONG; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL REGION;

ENSIFERA (INSECTS); HEXAPODA;

EID: 84876581597     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars187     Document Type: Article

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