Differentiation in electrical pulse waveforms in a pair of sibling Dwarf Stonebashers, Pollimyrus castelnaui and P. marianne : ppossible mechanisms and functions (Mormyridae, Teleostei)

Behaviour

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-135

  Markowski, Bianca ^a   Baier, Bernd ^a   Kramer, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electric organ discharge; Sex difference; Speciation; Species recognition

Indexed keywords

MORMYRIDAE; POLLIMYRUS CASTELNAUI; POLLIMYRUS MARIANNE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 36448971898     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853908782687223     Document Type: Article

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