These are the data for phase locking by a single male tree cricket. The different
symbols represent data collected for different t. Notice that when the entrainment period
is 25% larger than the males natural period (t=1.25) the
male is not able to phase lock and his phase drifts during successive chirps of the
stimulus. However, when the entraining period is 13% greater than the males period
(blue, t=1.13) the male phase locks with his phase remaining
constant at about 0.6 of the entraining period. The male was also able to phase lock to
entraining periods that were shorter than his natural period (t=0.99
and 0.91, ie a faster rhythm). Note that it typically takes 3 to 4 cycles for the male to
obtain phase locking. The male is capable of phase locking to stimuli having a wide range
of periods.