Experimental evidence for helper effects in a cooperatively breeding cichlid

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 667-673

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Group size reduction; Helping behavior; Lake Tanganyika cichlids; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; GROUP SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER;

EID: 19344368496     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari042     Document Type: Article

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