Differential production of chirping behavior evoked by electrical stimulation of the weakly electric fish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus

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

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 747-756

  Engler, G ^a   Zupanc, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apteronotus leptorhynchus; Chirping behavior; Electric fish; Electrocommunication; Jamming avoidance response

Indexed keywords

APTERONOTUS LEPTORHYNCHUS; GYMNOTIFORMES; NEMICHTHYS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GYMNOTIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ESCAPE REACTION; GYMNOTIFORMES;

EID: 0035668414     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-001-0248-8     Document Type: Article

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