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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"female phonotaxis"”.
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Behavioural and neural studies of male singing and female phonotaxis behaviour in crickets
… a behavioural barrier to prevent courtship with females of closely related species. Therefore, an analysis of the song structure, the central command, and the organisation of the CPG in different cricket species could reveal how evolution shaped cricket singing behaviour. In G. bimaculatus, I …
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The effect of diet and parasite load on female phonotaxis in the Texas field cricket, Gryllus integer
Female crickets respond selectively to variations in species-specific male calling songs. This selectivity has been shown to be age-dependent; older females are less choosy. However, female quality should also affect female selectivity. The effect of female quality on mate choice was examined in …
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Effect of age on female choice in the field cricket, Gryllus interger
Female choice is an important element of sexual selection that may vary among females of the same species. Few researchers have investigated the causes of variation in selectivity with respect to potential mates and overall level of motivation toward a stimulus source representative of a mate. This …
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Polymorphic mating signals and female choice in an Amazonian frog
… for reproductive isolation. I demonstrate strong female mate choice for male signals at a sympatric site. I propose that sexual selection is responsible for the maintenance of different call morphs in sympatric populations, and it likely contributed to the origin of polymorphic male signals. Males …
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An analysis of phonotactic behaviour in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus
… behaviour (i.e. attraction to sound) of the female Gryllus bimaculatus under laboratory conditions. Chapter 2 is the first study to analyze the effect of substrate texture on walking performance in crickets. Substrate texture is found to play an essential role in the phonotactic responses of …