The predictive start of hunting archer fish: A flexible and precise motor pattern performed with the kinematics of an escape C-start

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-324

  Wöhl, Saskia ^a   Schuster, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archer fish; C start; Cognition; Fast start; Fish; Prediction; Reticulospinal system; Sensorimotor integration

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SWIMMING; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ESCAPE REACTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR SKILLS; PERCIFORMES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33847043956     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02646     Document Type: Article

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