Response of female cuttlefish Sepia officinalis (Cephalopoda) to mirrors and conspecifics: Evidence for signaling in female cuttlefish

Animal Cognition

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-155

  Palmer, M E ^a   Calvé, M Richard ^b   Adamo, Shelley A ^b  

^a Dorset Research Centre   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal communication; Body pattern; Cephalopoda; Mollusca

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUTTLEFISH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; MALE; PIGMENTATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEPIA; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; MOLLUSCA; SEPIA OFFICINALIS; SEPIIDAE;

EID: 33644938565     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-005-0009-0     Document Type: Article

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