Does sexual selection explain the courtship song of field crickets (<i>Gryllus bimaculatus</i>)?
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Sexual selection and speciation in field crickets.
Recent theoretical work has shown that sexual selection may cause speciation under a much wider range of conditions than previously supposed. There are, however, no empirical studies capable of simultaneously evaluating several key predictions that contrast this with other speciation models. We present data on male pulse rates and female phonotactic responses to pulse rates for the field cricke...
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عنوان ژورنال: Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2222-4173,0254-3486
DOI: 10.4102/satnt.v32i1.815