Tracking individual mormyrid electric fish in the field using electric organ discharge waveforms

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 391-407

  Friedman, Matthew A ^a   Hopkins, Care D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIENOMYRUS SPP.; BRIENOMYRUS; MORMYRIDAE;

ELECTRIC FISH; MOVEMENT;

AFRICA, (WEST);

EID: 0029667496     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0037     Document Type: Article

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