Selective signalling by cuttlefish to predators

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Langridge, Keri V ^a   Broom, Mark ^a   Osorio, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; BRACHYURA; CUTTLEFISH; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FISH; LETTER; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ESCAPE REACTION; FISHES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEPIA;

ANIMALIA; CROTALINAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SCIURIDAE; SEPIA OFFICINALIS; SEPIIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 36849074892     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.028     Document Type: Letter

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