Farming-out of offspring is a predominantly male tactics in a biparental mouthbrooding cichlid Perrisodus mircolepis

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 335-340

  Ochi, Haruki ^a   Yanagisawa, Yasunobu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brood desertion; Brood mixing; Lake Tanganyika; Parental care

Indexed keywords

BROOD DESERTION; BROOD REARING; PARENTAL CARE; PERCIFORM;

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

CICHLIDAE; PERISSODUS MICROLEPIS;

EID: 21144434710     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-005-2139-2     Document Type: Article

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