Direct male-male competition can facilitate invasion of new colour types in Lake Victoria cichlids

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 136-143

  Dijkstra, Peter D ^a   Seehausen, Ole ^b,c   Groothuis, Ton G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cichlids; Lake Victoria; Male male competition; Sexual selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CICHLID; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

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

CICHLIDAE; PUNDAMILIA; PUNDAMILIA NYEREREI; VICTORIA;

EID: 20444424199     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0919-5     Document Type: Article

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