Piracy mating by large males in a monogamous substrate-breeding cichlid in Lake Tanganyika

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-55

  Mboko, Sima Keita ^a   Kohda, Masanori ^b  

^a CRH/ Uvira   (Burundi)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

TELMATOCHROMIS TEMPORALIS;

EID: 0033408496     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02769297     Document Type: Article

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