Strategic growth decisions in helper cichlids

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2004, Pages

  Heg, Dik ^a   Bender, Nicole ^a   Hamilton, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Cooperative breeding; Dominance; Eviction; Growth rate

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DOMINANCE; GROWTH RATE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CICHLID; FISH; GROWTH RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

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

AMPHIPRION PERCULA; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER;

EID: 17044416917     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0232     Document Type: Article

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