Sound production and reproductive ecology of strongly acoustic fish in Africa: Pollimyrus isidori, mormyridae

Behaviour

Volumn 134, Issue 9-10, 1997, Pages 677-725

  Crawford, John D ^a   Jacob, Philippe ^b   Bénech, Vincent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

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EID: 0031510779     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853997x00034     Document Type: Article

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