Courtship in the monogamous convict cichlid; What are individuals saying to rejected and selected mates?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 143-149

  Santangelo, Nick ^a,b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell Univ Ithaca NY 14853 U ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COURTSHIP; MATE CHOICE; PERCIFORM;

ARCHOCENTRUS NIGROFASCIATUS; CICHLIDAE;

EID: 11144258925     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.02.020     Document Type: Article

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