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VISUAL AND ACOUSTICAL COMMUNICATIVE BEHAVIOUR IN DISSOSTEIRA CAROLINA (ORTHOPTERA: ACRIDIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Gordon E. Kerr
Gordon E. Kerr
Affiliation:
Erindale College, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario
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Abstract

The visual–acoustic signal system of Dissosteira carolina (L.) is described from field and laboratory observations. The form and occurrence of seven visual signals, seven visual–acoustic signals, and three behaviour patterns with possible signal function are described. The functions of these signals are discussed and a new functional category (interaction terminating) is proposed.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 106 , Issue 3 , March 1974 , pp. 263 - 272
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1974

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