Behaviour: An important diagnostic tool for Lake Malawi cichlids

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 213-224

  Stauffer Jr , Jay R ^a   McKaye, Kenneth R ^b   Konings, Ad F ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c Cichlid Press   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopatry; Behaviour; Cichlidae; Mate choice; Sexual selection; Species concepts; Species recognition; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; LAKE; PHYLOGENETICS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES CONCEPT;

AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036755361     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-2979.2002.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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