Phonotaxis and aggression in the coneheaded katydid <i>Neoconocephalus affinis</i>

Brush, Jeffrey S.; Gian, Victor G.; Greenfield, Michael D.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-3032.1985.tb00015.x

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“…This view may be particularly valid for alternated signals. It is indicated by the role of acoustic signaling in spacing (5,12) and aggression (61,143,157) and by the difficulties that animal may have in perceiving a neighbor's calls during its own signaling. Evidence for the latter comes both from behavioral experiments relying on the technique of interactive playback (see 34, 126) and from neurophysiological investigation.…”

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“…INCOMPATIBILITY OF SIGNALING AND PERCEPTION Sexually advertising males in many acoustic orthopteran and anuran species space themselves regularly or maintain minimum nearest-neighbor distances via mutual assessment of calls (5,12,105). In some acoustic species hearing is reduced during calling, a handicap due either to simple masking (69) or to neural (154) or biomechanical (107) devices.…”

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Cooperation and Conflict in the Evolution of Signal Interactions

Greenfield¹

1994

Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst.

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Various invertebrate and vertebrate species in which males produce acoustic or bioluminescent signals for long-range sexual advertisement exhibit collective patterns of temporal signal interactions. These patterns range from simple concentrations of signaling during a narrow diel interval to synchronous and alternating interactions entailing precisely timed phase relationships between neighboring individuals. Signals involved in synchrony and alternation are generally produced with rhythms that are under the control of central nervous oscillators. Neighboring individuals effect these interactions via mutual phase delays or phase advances of their oscillators or actual changes in the free-running periods of their oscillators. Both synchrony and alternation may represent adaptations to avoid spiteful behavior or to maximize the ability of a local group to attract females or evade natural enemies. Alternatively, these collective patterns may represent incidental outcomes of competition between males jamming each other's signals. The neural mechanisms that effect signal jamming can be selected for by critical psychophysical factors such as precedence effects. Additional competitive pressures that may generate synchrony, alternation, and other collective patterns of signal interaction include mutual assessment of rivals, evasion of detection by dominant individuals, disruption of communication within courting pairs, and narrowness of the time intervals during which receptive females are present. 97

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Cooperation and Conflict in the Evolution of Signal Interactions

Greenfield¹

1994

Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst.

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“…Brush et al (1985) demonstrated positive phonotaxis for males of the bush cricket Neoconocephalus affinis. Mygalopsis marki responds to the conspecific song by climbing down the stem of the plant and by changing the chirp rate (Dadour and Bailey, 1985).…”

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“…Downloaded by [141.214.17.222] at 04:21 01 November 2014 298 A. Schatral and W. Latimer Sound intensity has been found to be involved in male spacing and male competition (Thiele and Bailey, 1980;Schatral et al, 1985;Brush et al, 1985;Dadour and Bailey, 1985). The dominant frequency peak of the song is an important cue used in competitive interactions in Tettigonia cantans .…”

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A field study on the acoustic behaviour of mobile singers in the bush cricketPsorodonotus illyricus

Schatral

Latimer

1988

Journal of Natural History

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The bush cricket Psorodonotus illyricus is indigenous to the Balkans. Singing males of this species are highly mobile. The acoustic factors which might influence the locomotion were investigated in the field. The mobility of the males results in an often random distribution pattern. Interactions between the males are purely acoustic, and the duets are characterized by periods of good and poor alternation. Playback experiments, field observations and tape recordings of duetting males indicate that singing rate and sound intensity affect alternation behaviour and locomotion. However, the effect of the two song parameters is related to the time of the day, a phenomenon which might be due to (a) changes in the sound field around a singing male, and (b) altering microclimatic factors during the activity period of the insects.

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“…Males aggregate in patches of taller vegetation, but within such patches maintain regular interindividual distances by physical and acoustical interactions with their neighbours (see also Brush et al 1985;Schatral et al 1985). The acoustic cues males use to maintain spacing probably include the relative harmonic content of songs as well as the absolute intensity (Keuper et al 1986;Latimer and Lewis 1986;R6mer and Bailey 1986;R6mer 1987;Simmons 1988).…”

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Choice of singing sites by male bushcrickets (Tettigonia viridissima) in relation to signal propagation

Arak

Eiriksson

1992

Behav Ecol Sociobiol

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The spatial dispersion of singing male bushcrickets (Tettigonia viridissima) in a marshland habitat was found to be significantly clumped. Males clustered in patches of taller vegetation, buth within such clusters, males were regularly spaced with a mean distance of 6 m between nearest-neighbours. Males occupied perches on plants that were, on average, 0.3 m above the top of surrounding vegetation. Physical and acoustical interactions between males were observed more frequently when males were singing from higher sites. Excess attenuation of the male song was found to increase with frequency but decreased markedly with increasing elevation of the singing male above the ground. The maximum detection range of the song, realized when the insect was singing > 1 m above the surrounding vegetation, was estimated as 60 m for the fundamental frequency (10 kHz), 38 m for the 1st harmonic (20 kHz) and 14 m for the second harmonic (30 kHz). By contrast, when males sang from the middle of dense reed beds, the estimated detection distance was only 8 m, 6 m and 4 m for each frequency band, respectively. Males could have increased the detection range of their songs almost three fold by singing from higher positions than those usually observed in the field. This suggests that there may be a cost of singing at higher elevations such as an increased risk of predation and/or increased aggression from neighbours. We suggest the spacing strategy adopted by males reflects a compromise between maximizing the range over which their songs can be detected and accurately localized by females and minimizing interference from competing males.

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Phonotaxis and aggression in the coneheaded katydid Neoconocephalus affinis

Cited by 23 publications

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Cooperation and Conflict in the Evolution of Signal Interactions

Cooperation and Conflict in the Evolution of Signal Interactions

A field study on the acoustic behaviour of mobile singers in the bush cricketPsorodonotus illyricus

Choice of singing sites by male bushcrickets (Tettigonia viridissima) in relation to signal propagation

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