The physiological cost of courtship: Field cricket song results in anaerobic metabolism

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-43

  Mowles, Sophie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Courtship; Cricket; Gryllus bimaculatus; Mate choice; Repeated signal; Stamina

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; COURTSHIP; CRICKET; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MATE CHOICE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SIGNAL; SONG;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84893409704     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.12.014     Document Type: Article

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