Male display characters, gonadal maturation and androgens in the cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-70

  Oliveira, Rui F ^a   Almada, Vitor C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Androgens; Cichlids; Maturation; Reproductive behaviour; Secondary sex characters

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003769419     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012234     Document Type: Article

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