Variability in the sonic muscles of the lusitanian toadfish (halobatrachus didactylus): Acoustic signals may reflect individual quality

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 718-725

  Amorim, M C P ^a   Vasconcelos, R O ^b   Parreira, B ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINFISH; MATE CHOICE; MUSCLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; TELEOST; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; HALOBATRACHUS DIDACTYLUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 68949144841     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z09-067     Document Type: Article

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