Article
Genetic aspects of communication during male-male competition in the Madagascar hissing cockroach: honest signalling of size.
Heredity - 1 Aug 1995
Clark D C, Moore A J
Abstract excerpt
Male Madagascar hissing cockroaches, Gromphadorhina portentosa, engage in agonistic contests with other males and produce audible sounds or 'hisses' during these interactions. Hisses are used to maintain, rather than to establish, social relationships among males. The agonistic hisses of males ar...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Constitution
- Body Weight
- Cockroaches
- Female
- Madagascar
- Male
- Phenotype
- Sexual Behavior, Animal
- Vocalization, Animal