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Two matched filters and the evolution of mating signals in four species of cricket

BACKGROUND: Male field crickets produce pure-tone calling songs to attract females. Receivers are expected to have evolved a "matched filter" in the form of a tuned sensitivity for this frequency. In addition, the peripheral directionality of field crickets is sharply tuned as a result of...

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Autores principales: Kostarakos, Konstantinos, Hennig, Matthias R, Römer, Heiner
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2760545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19785724
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-6-22