Mate switching as a function of mate quality in convict cichlids, Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1263-1270

  Triefenbach, Frank ^a   Itzkowitz, Murray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVICT CICHLID; MATE QUALITY; MATE SWITCHING;

ANIMALIA; ARCHOCENTRUS NIGROFASCIATUS; CICHLASOMA; CICHLASOMA NIGROFASCIATUM; CICHLIDAE; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 0032077969     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0690     Document Type: Article

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