Resource control by territorial male cichlid fish in Lake Malawi

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 522-529

  Genner, Martin J ^a   Turner, George F ^a   Hawkins, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Feeding specializations; Interspecific territoriality; Intraspecific territoriality; Species coexistence

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FISH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRITORIALITY;

AFRICA;

PSEUDOTROPHEUS;

EID: 0032997253     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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