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Mating signal variation and bimodality in a mosaic hybrid zone between Chorthippus grasshopper species.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jun 2002
Bridle Jon R, Butlin Roger K
Abstract excerpt
The grasshoppers Chorthippus brunneus and Chorthippus jacobsi are easily distinguished by male calling song and the number of stridulatory pegs on the hind femur, and form a mosaic hybrid zone in northern Spain. In this paper, we fit a two-dimensional cline to variation in male calling song characters, which are of particular interest as they are likely to be involved in mate choice by females. As with variation...
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