Electrocommunication signals in female brown ghost electric knifefish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 188, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 649-657

  Tallarovic, S K ^a   Zakon, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Apteronotus leptorhynchus; Brown ghost; Communication; EOD; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036771410     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0344-4     Document Type: Article

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