Experimental evidence of female choice in Lake Malawi cichlids

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2005, Pages 657-660

  Stauffer Jr , Jay R ^a   Kellogg, Karen A ^b   McKaye, Kenneth R ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

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

CICHLIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 23444447241     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CE-04-326R     Document Type: Article

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