Faithful fish: Territory and mate defence favour monogamy in an African cichlid fish

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 326-331

  Morley, Josephine I ^a,b,d   Balshine, Sigal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KLIVV   (Austria)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biparental care; Cichlidae; Competition Eretmodus cyanostictus; Mate removal

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FISH; MONOGAMY; PARENTAL CARE; TERRITORIALITY;

AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE; ERETMODUS CYANOSTICTUS;

EID: 0036765192     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0520-0     Document Type: Article

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