Predation risk is an ecological constraint for helper dispersal in a cooperatively breeding cichlid

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1555, 2004, Pages 2367-2374

  Heg, Dik ^a   Bachar, Zina ^a   Brouwer, Lyanne ^a,b   Taborsky, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cichlids; Cooperative breeding; Ecological constraints; Group augmentation; Helper dispersal; Predation

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DISPERSAL; PREDATION RISK;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CICHLID; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LAKE TANGANYIKA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CICHLIDS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; TANZANIA;

EID: 16644363035     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2855     Document Type: Article

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