Electric communication during courtship and spawning in two sibling species of dwarf stonebasher from southern Africa, Pollimyrus castelnaui and P. marianne (Mormyridae, Teleostei): Evidence for a non species-specific communication code?

Behaviour

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 115-142

  Baier, Bernd ^a   Kramer, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Electric organ discharge; Inter discharge interval pattern; Reproduction; Speciation; Weakly electric fish

Indexed keywords

MORMYRIDAE; POLLIMYRUS CASTELNAUI; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 34547560559     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853907779947409     Document Type: Review

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