Hair canopy of cricket sensory system tuned to predator signals
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Hair canopy of cricket sensory system tuned to predator signals.
Filiform hairs located on the cerci of crickets are among the most sensitive sensors in the animal world and enable crickets to sense the faintest air movements generated by approaching predators. While the neurophysiological and biomechanical aspects of this sensory system have been studied independently for several decades, their integration into a coherent framework was wanting. In order to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Theoretical Biology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0022-5193
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.12.009