What's in a Song? Female Bushcrickets Discriminate against the Song of Older Males

The striking songs of insects such as bushcrickets have traditionally been interpreted as species recognition signals. If this is so, their information content should be relatively simple. Females should discriminate against atypical songs, but not between common differences between males. Alternati...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Biological sciences, 1995-10, Vol.262 (1363), p.21-27
Hauptverfasser:	Ritchie, Michael G., Couzin, Iain, Snedden, W. Andrew
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Evolution Female animals Gender discrimination Insect behavior Insect reproduction Male animals Mating behavior Sexual selection Solmization Syllables
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