Female preferences for acoustic and olfactory signals during courtship: Male crickets send multiple messages

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1099-1107

  Simmons, Leigh W ^a   Thomas, Melissa L ^a   Simmons, Frederick W ^a   Zuk, Marlene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

cuticular hydrocarbons; female preference; male song; multiple signals; multivariate selection analysis.

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COURTSHIP; CRICKET; FEMALE; HYDROCARBON; MALE; OLFACTORY CUE; PREDICTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SELECTION; SIGNAL;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84882426055     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/art036     Document Type: Article

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