Plasticity of electric organ discharge waveform in the South African Bulldog fish, Marcusenius pongolensis: tradeoff between male attractiveness and predator avoidance?

BACKGROUND: In adult male Marcusenius pongolensis the duration of their Electric Organ Discharge (EOD) pulses increases with body size over lifetime (267 to 818 μs, field-measured). Spawning males have been observed to exhibit an additional, temporary pulse duration increase which probably betters t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hanika, Susanne, Kramer, Bernd
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2430560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18492276
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-5-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2430560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18492276
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-5-7

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