The effect of male coloration on female mate choice in closely related Lake Victoria cichlids (Haplochromis nyererei complex)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Seehausen, Ole ^a   Van Alphen, Jacques J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cichlids' Lake Victoria; Mate choice; Sexual selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

HAPLOCHROMIS NYEREREI;

EID: 0031969541     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050405     Document Type: Article

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