Electrocommunication signals in free swimming brown ghost knifefish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1657-1667

  Hupé, Ginette J ^a   Lewis, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abrupt frequency rises; Behaviour; Chirps; Electrocommunication; Weakly electric fish

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC ORGAN; FEMALE; GYMNOTIFORMES; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC ORGAN; FEMALE; GYMNOTIFORMES; MALE; VIDEO RECORDING;

APTERONOTUS LEPTORHYNCHUS;

EID: 46949089888     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.013516     Document Type: Article

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