Diversity in the structure of electrocommunication signals within a genus of electric fish, Apteronotus

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

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-161

  Dunlap, K D ^a   Larkins Ford, J ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apteronotus; Behavior; Electric fish; Electrocommunication

Indexed keywords

APTERONOTUS; APTERONOTUS ALBIFRONS; APTERONOTUS LEPTORHYNCHUS;

EID: 0037295773     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-003-0393-3     Document Type: Article

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