Avtor/Urednik		Miklas, Nadege; Stritih, Nataša; Čokl, Andrej; Virant-Doberlet, Meta; Renou, Michel
Naslov		The influence of substrate on male responsiveness to the female calling song in Nezara viridula
Tip		članek
Vir		J Insect Behav
Vol. in št.		Letnik 14, št. 3
Leto izdaje		2001
Obseg		str. 313-32
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		The female calling song (FCS) of the southern green stink bug Nezara viridula is composed of vibrational pulse trains that include either short pulses and a long pulse (FCS-1) or just short pulses (FCS-2). Their function in communication was studied by investigation male vibratory responses to natural and artificial signals on artificial and natural substrates. On a loudspeaker membrane. FCS-1 triggered in males from a Slovene and a French population significantly more courtship songs (MCrS) than FCS-2. Experiments with artificial signals showed that male responses are modulated by the duration of pulse trains and pulse repetition time. On a bean plant, males of both populations responded in the same way to the two types of female calling song pulse trains. Moreover, a laser vibrometer study of the transmission of different natural and artificial vibratory signals through the bean plant showed that the pulses of a high repetition rate are prolonged and fused at distances from the emitter. We concludethat female calling song pulse trains of different temporal structure have the same function in vibrational communication of the species. The temporal and spectral of the female calling songs of N. viridula are discussed in terms of effective transmission through plants.
Deskriptorji		HEMIPTERA ANIMAL COMMUNICATION VIBRATION SEX BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL PLANTS ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE