BioAcoustica is a free, open repository of wildlife sound recordings from the Natural History Museum, London.
Taxonomic index of the BioAcoustica collection
Acoustic and biological measurements in the BioAcoustica collection
Recording annotations from ann-o-mate
The specimens that recordings are of, from the collections
Brown, W. D. (1999). MATE CHOICE IN TREE CRICKETS AND THEIR KIN.
Mate choice theory has become a major field of research in behavioral ecology. Tree crickets provide excellent opportunities for studying the diversity and variability of mate choice. The evidence for female mate choice in tree crickets is reviewed, and broad comparisons with other orthopteran groups are made. The evidence shows that female choice may occur during several different stages of mating and may target several different criteria. Song preferences are perhaps dominated by stabilizing preferences for the cues of species recognition, but there is a growing body of evidence for directional preferences based on sensory biases or mate quality. Mate rejection during courtship and forms of postcopulatory choice may favor males, based both on phenotypic quality and on the amount of nutritious courtship gifts they provide, and may differ with the value of mating incentives. Understanding the balance and trade-offs between different forms of mate choice may help in understanding their evolutionary causes.
| Gryllidae |
| Oecanthinae |
| Oecanthus neosimilis |
| Oecanthus nigricornis |
| Orthoptera |
| Oecanthinae | Behaviour |
| Oecanthus neosimilis | Behaviour |
| Tettigonia cantans | Behaviour |
| Oecanthus quadripunctatus | Behaviour |
| Oecanthus burmeisteri | Behaviour |
| Oecanthus nigricornis | Behaviour |
| Phaeophilacris (Speluncacris) spectrum | Behaviour |
| Leptogryllus ookala | Behaviour |
Where the specimens that recordings are of were collected, not where the sound was recorded