How long do females really listen? Assessment time for female mate choice in the grey treefrog, Hyla versicolor
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The calls from four pairs of 360-degree speakers suspended within screen cages at four locations at the edge of the pond are broadcasted in order to estimate 'assessment time' of females in nature. Laboratory-based choice tests indicated that females preferred call sources with variable numbers of pulses to those with constant numbers of pulses when the former had more total pulses per time window.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2004
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Condition dependence of a multicomponent sexual signal in the field cricket Gryllus campestris
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The effect of nutrition on the calling song of male field crickets Gryllus campestris is investigated. The calling song of the field cricket serves a multicomponent sexual signal, which contains discrete information on past growth and juvenile development as well as present nutritional component.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2003
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Seasonal variation in selection on male calling song in the field cricket, Gryllus rubens
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A study on relationship between seasonal variation and male calling behavior during courtship in field cricket, Gryllus rubens, is presented.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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