Cooperative breeding and group structure in the Lake Tanganyika cichlid Neolamprologus savoryi

Ethology

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1017-1043

  Heg, Dik ^a   Bachar, Zina ^a   Taborsky, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FISH; GROUP SIZE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; TERRITORIALITY;

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

CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS SAVORYI; PISCES;

EID: 27344452365     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2005.01135.x     Document Type: Article

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