Modeling an electrosensory landscape: Behavioral and morphological optimization in elasmobranch prey capture

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 999-1007

  Brown, Brandon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioelectric field; Computational neuroethology; Elasmobranch; Electroreception; Evolution; Hammerhead; Modelling; Prey capture

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASMOBRANCHII; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASMOBRANCHII; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII;

EID: 0036335491     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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