Does the time spent near a male predict female mate choice in a Malawian cichlid?

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 667-672

  Couldridge, V C K ^a   Alexander, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cichlid; Lake Malawi; Mate choice; Pseudotropheus; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0034764370     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.2001.1679     Document Type: Article

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