How age influences phonotaxis in virgin female Jamaican field crickets (Gryllus assimilis)

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Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pacheco, Karen ^a   Dawson, JeffW ^a   Jutting, Michael ^a   Bertram, Susan M ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Female preference; Gryllus assimilis; Kramer spherical treadmill; Locomotion compensator; Phonotaxis; Teleogryllus; Trackball

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; GRYLLUS; GRYLLUS ASSIMILIS; LOCOMOTION; MAGNET; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

EID: 84885107143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.130     Document Type: Article

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