Evaluation of female mate choice cues in a group of Lake Malawi mbuna (Cichlidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2003, Pages 181-186

  Jordan, Rebecca ^a,d   Kellogg, Karen ^b   Juanes, Francis ^a   Stauffer Jr , Jay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; COURTSHIP; MATE CHOICE; VISUAL CUE;

AFRICA; LAKE MALAWI;

CICHLIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 0037467064     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2003)003[0181:EOFMCC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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