A rain forest dusk chorus: Cacophony or sounds of silence?

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-22

  Jain, Manjari ^a   Diwakar, Swati ^b   Bahuleyan, Jimmy ^a   Deb, Rittik ^a   Balakrishnan, Rohini ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication network; Acoustic interference; Katydids; Paleotropical cricket assemblage; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIOACOUSTICS; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CRICKET; INHIBITION; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PALEOTROPICAL KINGDOM; RAINFOREST; SIGNALING;

INDIA; WESTERN GHATS;

ENSIFERA (CRICKETS); TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 84891663775     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-013-9658-7     Document Type: Article

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