Mating system and kin relationship between adults and young in the shell-brooding cichlid fish Neolamprologus meeli in Lake Tanganyika

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-92

  Sunobe, Tomoki ^a   Munehara, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alloparental care; Cichlidae; Kin relationship; Lake Tanganyika; Mating system; Neolamprologus meeli; Parental care

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; LEPIDIOLAMPROLOGUS; NEOLAMPROLOGUS; NEOLAMPROLOGUS MEELI;

EID: 0037995709     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-002-0086-3     Document Type: Article

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