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Meta Virant-Doberlet
Researcher at Cardiff University
Publications - 77
Citations - 2614
Meta Virant-Doberlet is an academic researcher from Cardiff University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Nezara viridula & Scaphoideus titanus. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 74 publications receiving 2226 citations. Previous affiliations of Meta Virant-Doberlet include University of Ljubljana & Technische Universität München.
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Vibrational communication in insects
Meta Virant-Doberlet,Andrej Čokl +1 more
TL;DR: The courtship behavior of the southern green stink bug Nezara viridula (L.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) is taken as a representative model in illustrating some principal mechanisms of vibrational communication in insects.
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Communication with substrate-borne signals in small plant-dwelling insects.
Andrej Čokl,Meta Virant-Doberlet +1 more
TL;DR: Vibratory signals of plant-dwelling insects, such as land bugs of the families Cydnidae and Pentatomidae, are produced mainly by stridulation and/or vibration of some body part, and the low attenuation enables long-range communication on the same plant under standing wave conditions.
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Reproductive strategy of the Nearctic leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus Ball (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae).
TL;DR: While the male-female duet appears to be essential for successful localization of females and copulation, it is also vulnerable to, and easily disrupted by, alternative tactics like masking.
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Vibrational directionality in the southern green stink bug, Nezara viridula (L.), is mediated by female song
TL;DR: Vibrational directionality was elicited by artificial pure tones whose spectral and temporal parameters were similar to those of natural female song and by artificial sound, which caused males to walk, respond with the calling and courtship songs and to approach the source of the song with characteristic search behaviour at junctions between branches on the plants.
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Disruption of the reproductive behaviour of Scaphoideus titanus by playback of vibrational signals
TL;DR: The results indicate that the vibrational communication channel is open to interference either from abiotic environmental noise or from signals produced by sexual competitors or heterospecifics, and suggests that a detailed understanding of leafhopper behaviour is essential for trying new approaches in the development of more environmentally friendly control practices.