Choosy males in a haplochromine cichlid: First experimental evidence for male mate choice in a lekking species

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 293-298

  Werner, Noam Y ^a   Lotem, Arnon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FISH; MATE CHOICE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT;

ASTATOTILAPIA FLAVIIJOSEPHI; CICHLIDAE;

EID: 0043071586     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2208     Document Type: Article

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