Date of Award
2013
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Program
Biology, MS
First Advisor
Gordon Atkins
Abstract
One way to classify female cricket phonotactic response is as "non-skipping" or "skipping." "Skipping" is defined as crickets that respond to a non-continuous range of calling songs. This investigation evaluates the temporal aspects of typical phonotactic protocols and attempts to determine if "skipping" is due to a filtering mechanism or if "skipping" is an artifact of testing protocol. Rather than a notch filter or testing parameters inhibiting a phonotactic response to a syllable period within the range of a band pass filter, I hypothesize that "skipping" occurs as a result of the probabilistic nature of phonotaxis.
Subject Area
Crickets--Effect of light on., Crickets--Behavior.
Recommended Citation
Steely, Tori Joy, "Evaluating Hypotheses That Explain Non-continuous Responses to Syllable Periods ("Skipping") During Phonotaxis by Female Acheta Domesticus" (2013). Master's Theses. 25.
https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/theses/25/
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/theses/25
Creative Commons License
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DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/theses/25/