Factors influencing pairbond stability in convict cichlids (Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-176

  Lamprecht, Jürg ^a   Rebhan, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cichlid; Monogamy; Pairbond; Parental behaviour; Separation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION;

CICHLASOMA NIGROFASCIATUM;

CONVICT CICHLID; PAIR BOND STABILITY;

EID: 0030609649     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(96)00052-6     Document Type: Article

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