Electrosensory phase sensitivity in the weakly electric fish Eigenmannia in the detection of signals similar to its own

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 323-330

  Kaunzinger, I ^a   Kramer, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electric organ discharge; Electrosensory stimulus intensity threshold; Jamming avoidance response; Phase sensitivity; Signal detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029802753     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00194986     Document Type: Article

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