Investigating the Chirping of Crickets: Mating Versus Territory.
This paper presents the views of an evolutionary scientist according to the scientific method to investigate the question: Why do crickets chirp? This paper investigates this question through creating a testable hypothesis and an alternative hypothesis and through running these hypotheses through a simulation. The testable hypothesis is that crickets chirp to find their mates and the alternative hypothesis is that crickets chirp to maintain a territory. 10 pgs. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
