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Cricket Neuroethology: A Comparative Approach to the Nervous System

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Nervous systems are biocomputers designed to produce behavior. Comparative neuroethological research tries to understand how sense organs, central nervous and effector systems work to organize and control the diverse behavioral strategies of animals shaped by nature’s abiotic and biotic forces to improve survival and reproductive fitness during the course of evolution.

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, 8130, Seewiesen, Germany

    F. Huber

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  1. Neurological University Clinic Vienna, Lazarettgasse 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    Lüder Deecke

  2. Ca’ a la Gra’, 6646, Contra (Locarno) TI, Switzerland

    John C. Eccles

  3. Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, 21205, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Vernon B. Mountcastle

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Huber, F. (1990). Cricket Neuroethology: A Comparative Approach to the Nervous System. In: Deecke, L., Eccles, J.C., Mountcastle, V.B. (eds) From Neuron to Action. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02601-4_42

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