Reproductive character displacement and signal ontogeny in a sympatric assemblage of electric fish

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1650-1666

  Crampton, William G R ^a   Lovejoy, Nathan R ^b   Waddell, Joseph C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrocommunication; Gymnotus; Masking interference; Reinforcement; Sexual selection; Signal partitioning

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; DIVERGENCE; MATE CHOICE; MATURATION; ONTOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SYMPATRY; TELEOST;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ELECTRIC ORGAN; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GYMNOTIFORMES; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAZIL; ELECTRIC ORGAN; FEMALE; GYMNOTIFORMES; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; GYMNOTUS;

EID: 79958021186     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01245.x     Document Type: Article

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