Parental state and offspring recognition in the biparental cichlid fish Pelvicachromis pulcher

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 803-809

  Nelson, Christopher T J ^a   Elwood, Robert W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPARENTAL CARE; OFFSPRING RECOGNITION; PARENTAL CARE;

(WEST); AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE; PELVICACHROMIS PULCHER;

EID: 0030665453     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0507     Document Type: Article

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