Social system and reproduction of helpers in a cooperatively breeding cichlid fish (Julidochromis ornatus) in Lake Tanganyika: Field observations and parentage analyses

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 506-516

  Awata, Satoshi ^a   Munehara, Hiroyuki ^b   Kohda, Masanori ^a  

^a Osaka City University   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Helper; Microsatellites; Parentage analysis; Reproductive skew models

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FISH; PARENTAL CARE; POLYGAMY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

CICHLIDAE; JULIDOCHROMIS; JULIDOCHROMIS ORNATUS;

EID: 21044432154     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0934-6     Document Type: Article

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