Intraspecific agonistic interactions in freely swimming mormyrid fish, Marcusenius macrolepidotus (South African form)

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 107-121

  Werneyer, Martin ^a   Kramer, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Agonistic; Electrocommunication; Marcusenius; Mormyridae

Indexed keywords

MARCUSENIUS; MARCUSENIUS MACROLEPIDOTUS; MORMYRIDAE;

EID: 0036384602     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-002-0062-y     Document Type: Article

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