Noctuid moths show neural and behavioural responses to sounds made by some bat-marking rings
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The sounds made by certain combinations of plastic or metal rings used to mark bats for identification can be heard by tympanate moths. These sounds may then prompt escape behaviour. The lower frequency of ring sounds could make them more apparent than echolocation calls to most tympanate insects with best frequencies of between 20 kHz and 50 kHz. Further research could consider whether double-ringed bats catch fewer tympanate insects than single-ringed bats.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1999
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Sperm storage by females of the polyandrous noctuid moth Heliothis virescens
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Female tobacco budworm moths, Heliothis virescens, usually mate with more than one male, although one male typically gains sperm precedence. The variable pattern of paternity was examined and the number of stored apyrene sperm was found to vary with mating history. The biased pattern of sperm storage may contribute to variable paternity.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2000
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Display in monogamous pairs: a review of empirical data and evolutionary explanations
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A review of display behaviour in monogamous species is presented and explanations for display between partners outside the mate choice are suggested.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2001
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