Does sexual selection account for the conspicuous head dimorphism in the Midas cichlid?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 573-584

  Barlow, George W ^a   Siri, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAD SIZE; MIDAS CICHLID; SEXUAL SELECTION; SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM;

NICARAGUA;

CICHLASOMA CITRINELLUM;

EID: 0031082099     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0332     Document Type: Article

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