The roles of male size and female eavesdropping in divorce in the monogamous convict cichlid (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus, Cichlidae)

Behaviour

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1029-1041

  Van Breukelen, Natalie April ^a,b   Draud, Matthew ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archocentrus nigrofasciatus; Divorce; Eavesdropping; Monogamy; Pair bond

Indexed keywords

ARCHOCENTRUS NIGROFASCIATUS; CICHLIDAE;

EID: 31344462661     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853905774405308     Document Type: Article

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