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Sexual pair-formation in a cicada mediated by acoustic behaviour of females and positive phonotaxis of males

The functions of female song found in a few cicadas have rarely been studied. In the cicada Subpsaltria yangi we investigated the acoustic behaviour and signal structure of songs produced by females, the phonotaxis of males, and mate choice, as well as the selective pressure imposed on this species...

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Autores principales: Hou, Zehai, Luo, Changqing, Roberts, J. Dale, Wei, Cong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5526892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28743920
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06825-5