Asymmetric contests for breeding sites between monogamous pairs of convict cichlids (Archocentrus nigrofasciatum, Cichlidae): Pair experience pays

Behaviour

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 861-873

  Draud, Matthew ^a   Lynch, Pamela A E ^b  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036629533     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853902320387864     Document Type: Article

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