Program

The detailed program is available here


The overall program for the conference is:


Presentations

*indicates the presenting author - organisation is that of the presenting author.
Talks will be 20 minutes.

Talks (in lead author order)

H. Braun, G.K. Morris*, and C.S. Wirkner
Tympanotriba vittata, another katydid with strange stridulatory acoustic adaptations
Biology Department, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Canada

B. Chivers*, D. Pincheira-Donoso, C.D. Soulsbury, and F. Montealegre-Z
A comparative analysis of the stridulatory file across katydid species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)
School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, UK

T. Conrad*, R. Paxton, and M. Ayasse
New insights into vibrations as species-specific signals in mason bees
Department of Experimental Ecology, University of Ulm, Germany

M. J. B. Eberhard*, J. H. Schleimer, S. Schreiber, and B. Ronacher
Intrinsic variability and temperature effects in locust auditory neurons
Department of Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

A.S. French*, U. Höger, J. Schmitz, and P.H. Torkkeli
Calcium ions modulate transduction, and are strongly buffered in spider mechanosensory neurons
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Canada

J.S. Gibson*, C.A. Swatek, and R.B. Cocroft
Treehoppers follow an experimentally imposed amplitude gradient
Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, USA

S.D. Gordon*, and J.F.C. Windmill
Hearing of aging locusts
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom

M. Hartbauer*, L. Haitzinger, and H. Römer
Mechanisms driving the evolution towards chorus synchrony - a case study on Mecopoda elongata (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)
Institute of Zoology, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria

R.M. Hennig*, and D.A. Gray
How female crickets evaluate conspecific songs: a comparative view
Department of Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

S. Hirtenlehner*, and H. Römer
A comparison of cricket phonotaxis under outdoor and laboratory conditions
Institute of Zoology, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria

J.C. Jackson*, and J.F.C. Windmill
The effects of two similar acoustic signals on an active ear
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom

K. Kostarakos* and B. Hedwig
Calling song recognition in an insect brain
Institute of Zoology, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria

A. Kuhelj*, M. De Groot, F. Pajk, T. Simčič, and M. Virant Doberlet
Insight into intraspecific interactions in the leafhopper Aphrodes makarovi (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia

R. Lakes-Harlan*
Sound production of Mecopoda elongata: circadian rhythm and maturation
Institute of Animal Physiology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany

A.A. Lindeman*, and J.E. Yack
What's the password? Female red turpentine beetles (Dendroctonus valens LeConte) grant access to their galleries based on an assessment of male signals
Department of Biology, Carleton University, Canada

D. Mackie*, and J.F.C. Windmill
Model Locust Tympanal System: understanding the link between biomechanics and neurophysiology
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom

R. Malkin*, T.R. McDonagh, N. Mhatre, T.S. Scott, and D. Robert
The Locust Ear: A General Mechanism for Tonotopy and Energy Localisation
School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

V. Mazzoni*, A. Eriksson, A. Lucchi, G. Anfora, and M. Virant-Doberlet
Mating Disruption of Insect Pests with Vibrational Signals: from Theory to Practice
Department of Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems and Bioresources, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy

N. Mhatre* and D. Robert
Two to tango: how tree cricket song changes with temperature and auditory tuning keeps up
School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

A. Mikhail*, J.E. Lewis, and J.E. Yack
What does a butterfly hear? Tuning and amplitude discrimination in the Blue Morpho butterfly
Department of Biology, Carleton University, Canada

D. Möckel*, M. Nowotny, and M. Kössl
Mechanical basis of self-generated sound in the locust ear
Institut für Zellbiologie und Neurowissenschaft, J. W. Goethe-Universität, Germany

F. Montealegre-Z, T. Jonsson*, and D. Robert
Complex acoustic networks in the cricket wings
School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, UK

F. Montealegre-Z*, T. Jonsson, and D. Robert
Dynamics of pressure difference receiver tympanal membranes in a bushcricket ear (Tettigoniidae)
School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, UK

E. Morley*, T. Jonsson, and D. Robert
The proxemics and acoustic geometry of courtship in Drosophila melanogaster
Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada

B. Mortimer*, S. Gordon, D. Drodge, C. Siviour, J.F.C. Windmill, C. Holland, and F. Vollrath
Sonic properties of silks
Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

R. Mühlethaler*, A. Eben, H. Hoch, and J. Gross
Acoustic communication in Pear psyllids (Cacospylla pyri L.) and occurrence of stridulatory organs in the genus Cacopsylla (Hemiptera: Psylloidea)
Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

R. Nakano*, F. Ihara, K. Mishiro, and S. Toda
Male Courtship Song Disrupts Orientation Flight in the Yellow Peach Moth, Conogethes punctiferalis
Breeding and Pest Management Division, National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Japan

M. Nowotny*, A. Palghat Udayashankar, J. Hummel, and M. Kössl
Frequency analysis in the bushcricket ear
Institut für Zellbiologie und Neurowissenschaft, J. W. Goethe-Universität, Germany

K.M. Orci*, and D. Murányi
Drumming call variation and female response specificity in a group of closely related species of stoneflies (Plecoptera)
MTA-ELTE-MTM Ecology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary

K. Petróczki*, Z. Barta, and K. M. Orci
Are calling song characteristics affected by anthropogenic noise in the tree cricket, Oecanthus pellucens?
Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, University of Debrecen, Hungary

G. Pfuhl*, M.K. Zhemchuzhnikov, and B.G. Berg
Mapping the auditory pathway in heliothine moth
Department of Psychology / Neuroscience Unit, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

K. Reinhold*, A. Franzke, and U. Lampe
Phenotypic plasticity in response to food quality and anthropogenic noise in the grasshopper Chorthippus biguttulus
Evolutionary Biology, Bielefeld University, Germany

B. Ronacher*, and J. Clemens
Grasshoppers use local but not global cues for acoustic pattern recognition
Department of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany

C.A. Rosi-Denadai*, V.L. Bura, A.Y. Kawahara, and J.E. Yack
Amphion floridensis and the Backthroat Boys: How are these caterpillars producing sound?
Department of Biology, Carleton University, Canada

J. Schul*, K.H. Frederick, and S.L. Bush
The evolutionary history of the diversity of Neoconocephalus acoustic communication
Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, USA

S. Sivalinghem*, and A.C. Mason
Vibratory communication in a black widow spider (Araneae: Theridiidae): From signal production to reception
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada

A. Škorjanc*, T. Steinmann, J. Benda, and J. Casas
Sensory hair motion in oscillating air-flow is matched by neuronal filter properties of filiform sensilla
Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

J.F. Stout*, S. Lee, and G. J. Atkins
Males Influence Both the Phonotactic Responsiveness of Female Gryllus bimaculatus and Song Encoding by Their ON1 and AN2 Neurons
Department of Biology, Andrews University, USA

A.L. Sweger*, and G.W. Uetz
Airborne and vibratory signal production in the purring wolf spider, Gladicosa gulosa
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, USA

P.H. Torkkeli*, A. Wu Li, S. Meisner, and A.S. French
Several Octopamine Receptor Subtypes are Involved in Modulation of Spider Mechanosensory Neurons
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Canada

M.A. Wale*, S.D. Simpson, and A.N. Radford
Crabs unquiet in noisy seas
School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

C-H. Wu, and D. O. Elias*
Anthropogenic effects on vibratory environments and orb-web spider foraging behavior
Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, USA


Posters (in lead author order)

A.J. Aldersley*, M. Homer, A.R. Champneys, and D. Robert
The Swarm and the Mosquito: Information transfer, co-operation and decision making in a group
Bristol Centre for Complexity Sciences, University of Bristol, UK

M. H. Brunnhofer*, S. Hirtenlehner, and H. Römer
Spatial Release from Masking: quantifying the effect of peripheral directionality & central inhibition in katydids and crickets
Institute of Zoology, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria

V.C.K. Couldridge*, and R. Sathyan
Geographic variation in acoustic signals in the bladder grasshopper Bullacris unicolor
Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

B. Erregger, H. Römer, and M. Hartbauer*
Complex substrate-vibrations and calling songs in a bushcricket of the Mecopoda elongata complex (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)
Institute of Zoology, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria

S.D. Gordon*, J.C. Jackson, S.M. Rogers, and J.F.C. Windmill
Listening to the Environment: Hearing Differences from an Epigenetic Effect in Solitary and Gregarious Locusts
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, UK

R.N.C. Guedes*, and J.E. Yack
Do vibrations produced by feeding larvae mediate egg-laying decisions in populations of the cowpea beetle?
Department of Biology, Carleton University, Canada

S.J. Gutierrez*, and G.K. Morris
Adaptive form in the thorax, pteralia, and wings of male Metrioptera sphagnorum (Ensifera, Tettigoniidae)
Department of Biology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Canada

M. Hartbauer*, I. Krobath and H. Römer
Complex signalling, song interaction, and mate choice in a bushcricket of the Mecopoda elongata complex (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)
Institute of Zoology, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria

J. Hummel*, M. Kössl, and M. Nowotny
Frequency processing of the conspecific song in the bushcricket ear
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Goethe University, Germany

J.C. Jackson*, S.D. Gordon, J.F.C. Windmill, and J. Sueur
The effect of a noisy calling song on the auditory response of a Mediterranean cicada
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, UK

R. Lakes-Harlan*, and A. Stumpner
Useless hearing in male Emblemasoma auditrix (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) - a case of intralocus sexual conflict?
Institute of Animal Physiology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany

P. Lefebvre*, J. Molina , and A. Stumpner
Local neurons in the auditory system of the bush cricket Ancistrura nigrovittata
Abt. Zelluläre Neurobiologie, JFB-Institut für Zoologie, Germany

A.M. Lunichkin, M.K. Zhemchuzhnikov*, and A.N. Knyazev
Do cave crickets Phaeophilacris bredoides Kalt. perceive sound signals?
Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

R. Malkin*, and D. Robert
Visualisation and Quantification of Diffraction
School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

P. Moran*, N. Bailey, and M. Ritchie
The Genomic Architecture of Song and Recognition traits in Teleogryllus Cricket Species
Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of St. Andrews, UK

R. Nieri*, G. Baldo, V. Mazzoni, O. Alomar, and C. Gemeno
First description of substrate-borne signals emitted by males of Macrolophus pygmaeus
Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy

T. Parry*, S.D. Gordon, D. Mackie, and J.F.C. Windmill
Modelling insect directional hearing
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, UK

C.E. Preston*, L.E. McMillan, J. King, A. Kawahara, and J.E. Yack
Morphological Diversity and the Evolutionary Origins of Vogel's Organs in Nymphalidae Butterflies
Department of Biology, Carleton University, Canada

D. Reineke*, and M. Hartbauer
When to Kick? Cues Triggering Collective Mechanical Defence in Aphis nerii (family: Aphididae)
Institute of Zoology, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria

H. Römer* and S. Hirtenlehner
Asymmetry in the song of crickets: Preferences of females and proximate mechanism of discrimination
Institute of Zoology, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria

M.S. Reichert*
Directional Hearing in Masking Noise in the Grasshopper Chorthippus biguttulus
Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

A. Reid*, J.F.C. Windmill, and D. Uttamchandani
Microscale Acoustic Systems - Bio-inspired Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, UK

C.A. Rosi-Denadai*, C. Nathan, R.N.C. Guedes, and J.E. Yack
Vibratory Communication and Putative Vibration Receptors in the Masked Birch Caterpillar Drepana arcuata (Drepanoidea)
Department of Biology, Carleton University, Canada

S. Schöneich*, and B. Hedwig
Neuronal coupling of ventilatory and chirp rhythm in singing field crickets
Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK

K. Seagraves, and B. Hedwig*
The Cricket Auditory System Responds to Bilateral Phase-Shifts
Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK

L.S. Shestakov*, and V.Yu. Vedenina
The role of different courtship song elements in mate recognition of Gryllus bimaculatus
Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

L.S. Shestakov*
Stable and variable parameters in vibrational songs of sympatric pentatomid bug species (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae)
Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

J. Strauß, and R. Lakes-Harlan*
Comparative neuroanatomy of the subgenual organ complex of orthopteroid insects
Institute of Animal Physiology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany

T. Takanashi*, M. Fukaya, and H. Nishino
Substrate vibrations mediate startle behavior via femoral chordotonal organ in a cerambycid beetle
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan

G.W. Uetz, A. Sweger*, A. Slaughter, R. Trivedi, and R. Gilbert
Singing in the Rain: Spiders Signaling on Sodden Substrates
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, USA

V.Yu. Vedenina, and L.S. Shestakov*
Courtship songs in a new hybrid zone between Chorthippus albomarginatus and Ch. karelini (Acrididae: Gomphocerinae) in Russia
Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Y. Zhang*, J.F.C. Windmill, and D. Uttamchandani
A novel bio-mimetic MEMS microphone with better directional sensitivity performance in the low frequency range
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, UK

M.K. Zhemchuzhnikov*, G. Pfuhl, and B. G. Berg
From the tympanum to the brain: projection pattern of auditory cells in the moth Heliothis Virescens (Noctuidae)
Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, and the Laboratory of Comparative Physiology of Sensory Systems, Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russia