Sound signalling in orthoptera

Robinson, David J.; Hall, Marion

doi:10.1016/s0065-2806(02)29003-7

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“…In addition to LRS, many species sing a separate class of lowamplitude songs that are inconspicuous and often directed toward close-proximity conspecifics during interactions associated with courtship or elevated aggression (Dabelsteen et al 1998;Robinson and Hall 2002). Low-amplitude songs can be divided into two distinct classes based on structure: (1) soft long-range song (soft LRS), which differs from LRS only in its reduced amplitude, and (2) shortrange song (SRS; after Titus 1998), which typically shares few spectral and temporal characteristics with LRS.…”

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“…Currently, low-amplitude songs have been identified in both vertebrates and invertebrates that rely on acoustic signals for intra-and intersexual communication; however, the terminology identifying low-amplitude songs has been inconsistent among taxa, making its overall prevalence difficult to assess (Dabelsteen et al 1998;Robinson and Hall 2002). In taxa that have been studied, including crickets (Zuk and Simmons 1997;Robinson and Hall 2002), songbirds (Dabelsteen et al 1998;Searcy and Beecher 2009), and at least one species of bat (Behr and von Helversen 2004), investigations have been predominantly observational and lacked rigorous tests of the function of lowamplitude song.…”

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“…Low-amplitude songs are typically directed to a receiver of a specific sex in close proximity, providing a strong contextual argument for both an intended receiver and a specific function, for example, courtship or aggression (Dabelsteen et al 1998;Robinson and Hall 2002). However, even low-amplitude songs can be affected by eavesdroppers.…”

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Deciphering Information Encoded in Birdsong: Male Songbirds with Fertile Mates Respond Most Strongly to Complex, Low-Amplitude Songs Used in Courtship

Reichard

Rice

Vanderbilt

et al. 2011

The American Naturalist

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JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org.. We compared responses of males whose mates were fertile or nonfertile with differences in song structure (SRS vs. LRS and soft LRS), amplitude (SRS and soft LRS vs. LRS), and tempo (slow SRS vs. fast SRS). Males responded more strongly to SRS than to LRS or soft LRS, indicating that song structure had a greater effect on response than song amplitude. SRS tempo did not detectably affect male response. Importantly, males responded more strongly to SRS when their mates were fertile, presumably because hearing SRS can indicate that a male's mate is being courted by an intruding male and a strong response can deter extrapair competitors. We conclude that lowamplitude songs can function in both inter-and intrasexual communication and should receive greater attention in future studies of mate choice and male-male competition.

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Deciphering Information Encoded in Birdsong: Male Songbirds with Fertile Mates Respond Most Strongly to Complex, Low-Amplitude Songs Used in Courtship

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Rice

Vanderbilt

et al. 2011

The American Naturalist

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“…At night, they sing in a very narrow time band between 3 and 5 AM, coinciding with a lull in feeding behavior of leaf-gleaning bats. The strategy appears to be effective because gleaning bats do not appear to take these species (Robinson and Hall 2002). It has not been demonstrated whether this singing cycle also occurs in South American species, but in northern Peru leaf-gleaning bats are present in rainforests inhabited by A. pseudosphex and are most active in the early evening (9 PM-12 AM) (Belwood, pers.…”

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Synonymies of Wasp-Mimicking Species within the Katydid GenusAganacris(Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae)

Nickle¹

2012

Journal of Orthoptera Research

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“…The typical role of singing is to communicate over long distances (Robinson & Hall, 2002), but ultrasonic signals are transmitted with difficulty as the distance increases between transmitter and receiver. High frequency sounds experience significant excess attenuation, particularly in tropical habitats where transmission is quite affected by moisture and vegetation (Bass, Sutherland & Zuckerwar, 1990).…”

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Lack of correlation between vertical distribution and carrier frequency, and preference for open spaces in arboreal katydids that use extreme ultrasound, in Gorgona, Colombia (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

Montealegre‐Z

Sarria

Pimienta

et al. 2014

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Male Tettigoniidae emit sound to attract conspecific females. The sound is produced by stridulation. During stridulation the forewings open and close, but it is during the closing stroke that the scraper contacts the file teeth to generate the predominant sound components, which are amplified by adjacent wing cells specialized in sound radiation. The sounds usually exceed the sonic boundary and might occur above 40 kHz, reaching extreme ultrasonic frequencies of 150kHz in some species. Here we test the hypothesis that Tettigoniidae species should prefer microhabitats that favour efficient signal transmission, i.e. that there is a relationship of sound frequency with the vertical distribution of the species (from ground to canopy) at Gorgona National Natural Park, Colombia. We sampled 16 trees and four different altitudinal levels between 1 and 20m above the understory vegetation. We placed collecting blankets separated by vertical distances of 5m, and knocked insects down using the technique known as fogging. We found no correlation between vertical distribution and carrier frequency, but there was a preference for open spaces (below the canopy and above the understory) in species using extreme ultrasound. This is the first quantitative description of the vertical distribution in neotropical species of the family Tettigoniidae and its relationship to the calling song frequency. Rev. Biol. Trop. 62 (Suppl. 1): 289-296. Epub 2014 February 01.

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Sound signalling in orthoptera

Cited by 112 publications

References 386 publications

Deciphering Information Encoded in Birdsong: Male Songbirds with Fertile Mates Respond Most Strongly to Complex, Low-Amplitude Songs Used in Courtship

Deciphering Information Encoded in Birdsong: Male Songbirds with Fertile Mates Respond Most Strongly to Complex, Low-Amplitude Songs Used in Courtship

Synonymies of Wasp-Mimicking Species within the Katydid GenusAganacris(Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae)

Lack of correlation between vertical distribution and carrier frequency, and preference for open spaces in arboreal katydids that use extreme ultrasound, in Gorgona, Colombia (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

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