Predation enhances complexity in the evolution of electric fish signals

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6741, 1999, Pages 254-256

  Stoddard, Philip K ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; PREDATION RISK; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTROPHORUS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHORUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; CRYPSIS; ELECTROPHORUS; ELECTROPHORUS ELECTRICUS; GYMNOTIFORMES; HYPOPOMIDAE;

EID: 0033566138     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/22301     Document Type: Article

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