The benefits of uniparental versus biparental mouth brooding in Galilee St. Peter's fish

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 371-381

  Balshine Earn, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

Author keywords

benefits of care; cichlid; evolution; mouth brooding; Sarotherodon galilaeus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031080485     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0299     Document Type: Article

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