Tree crickets optimize the acoustics of baffles to exaggerate their mate-attraction signal

Object manufacture in insects is typically inherited, and believed to be highly stereotyped. Optimization, the ability to select the functionally best material and modify it appropriately for a specific function, implies flexibility and is usually thought to be incompatible with inherited behaviour....

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Main Authors: Natasha Mhatre, Robert Malkin, Rittik Deb, Rohini Balakrishnan, Daniel Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2017-12-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/32763