Correlates of group size in a cooperatively breeding cichlid fish (Neolamprologus pulcher)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 134-140

  Balshine, Sigal ^a   Leach, Brenda ^b   Neat, Francis ^c   Reid, Hannah ^d   Taborsky, Michael ^e   Werner, Noam ^f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d Dice University   (United Kingdom)

^e KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^f TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Lake Tanganyika; Neolamprologus pulcher; Shelter; Territory quality

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; FISH; GROUP SIZE; HABITAT QUALITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER;

EID: 0034935395     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650100343     Document Type: Article

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