Archerfish shots are evolutionarily matched to prey adhesion

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Schlegel, Thomas ^a   Schmid, Christine J ^a   Schuster, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; LETTER; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; PERCIFORMES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33749242782     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.08.082     Document Type: Letter

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