Do parental convict cichlids of different sizes value the same brood number equally?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 541-546

  Galvani, Alison P ^a   Coleman, Ronald M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BODY SIZE; BROOD SIZE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FISH;

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

EID: 0032168910     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0777     Document Type: Article

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