Motor patterns of herbivorous feeding: Electromyographic analysis of biting in the parrotfishes Cetoscarus bicolor and Scarus iseri

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 205-222

  Alfaro, Michael ^a,b   Westneat, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG; Feeding; Motor pattern; Parrotfish; Scarid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CETOSCARUS BICOLOR; PISCES; SCARIDAE; SCARUS ISERI; SPARISOMA CRETENSE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0032755429     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006624     Document Type: Article

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