Color patterns and species recognition in four closely related species of Lake Malawi cichlid

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-64

  Couldridge, Vanessa C K ^a   Alexander, Graham J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cichlids; Lake Malawi; Mate choice; Pseudotropheus zebra; Sexual selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; COLOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MATE RECOGNITION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AFRICA; LAKE MALAWI;

CICHLIDAE; METRIACLIMA ZEBRA; PSEUDOTROPHEUS;

EID: 0036172848     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.1.59     Document Type: Article

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