Competition for breeding sites between monogamous pairs of convict cichlids (Cchlasoma nigrofasciatum): Asymmetries in size and prior residence

Behaviour

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-267

  Itzkowitz, M ^a   Vollmer, G ^a   Rios Cardenas, O ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biparental; Courtship; Division of labor; Fight; Fish; Monogamy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039756628     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853998793066294     Document Type: Article

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