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THE EVOLUTION OF A PATTERN OF SOUND PRODUCTION ASSOCIATED WITH COURTSHIP IN THE CHARACID FISH, GLANDULOCAUDA INEQUALIS
Keith Nelson,
Keith Nelson
University of California, Berkeley
Present address: Zoölogisch Laboratorium, Leiden. This work was conducted during tenure of a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship, with partial support from N.S.F. Grant G-13082. I wish to thank Drs. Peter Marler, Frank Beach, and Donald Wilson for their help and advice in the course of the work, Mr. George Hersh for his valuable assistance, and Drs. Howard Winn and Kees Groot for their constructive suggestions upon reading this paper.Search for more papers by this authorKeith Nelson,
Keith Nelson
University of California, Berkeley
Present address: Zoölogisch Laboratorium, Leiden. This work was conducted during tenure of a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship, with partial support from N.S.F. Grant G-13082. I wish to thank Drs. Peter Marler, Frank Beach, and Donald Wilson for their help and advice in the course of the work, Mr. George Hersh for his valuable assistance, and Drs. Howard Winn and Kees Groot for their constructive suggestions upon reading this paper.Search for more papers by this author
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