...Christopher J. Clark; Damian O. Elias; Richard O. Prum SUMMARY Males in the ‘bee’ hummingbird clade produce distinctive, species-specific sounds with fluttering tail feathers during courtship displays. Flutter may be the result of vortex shedding or aeroelastic interactions. We investigated...

... by female choice; however, dark rearing environments deeply affect mating success. * Author for correspondence ([email protected]) 9 5 2011 © 2011. 2011 courtship display early experience light spectrum copulation behaviour phenotypic plasticity Diptera Environmental effects...

...Michiya Kamio; Matthew A. Reidenbach; Charles D. Derby SUMMARY The nature of the courtship signalling used by a species is shaped by many factors, one of which is its habitat. Male blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus , have a courtship display in which they elevate their body by standing high...

... of multi-component signals has received considerably less attention. Here, using synchronous high-speed video and laser vibrometer recordings followed by experimental manipulations of putative sound-producing structures, we explored the mechanisms of seismic signal production in the courtship display...

... kinematics acoustic communication courtship display Although studies of the mechanisms of sound production in arthropods have a rich history (Dumortier, 1963 ; Haskell, 1974 ; Bennet-Clark, 1975), and have increased in recent years (Bennett-Clark and Young, 1992; Desuttergrandcolas, 1995...

... of significantly larger diameter in males than in females. Males generate courtship sounds and females do not. The function of the swimbladder muscle was tested using behavioral experiments. Male P. adspersus normally produce acoustic courtship displays when presented with female-like electrical stimuli. However...