Large group size yields group stability in the cooperatively breeding cichlid Neolamprologus pulcher

Behaviour

Volumn 142, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1615-1641

  Heg, Dik ^a   Brouwer, Lyanne ^a,b   Bachar, Zina ^a   Taborsky, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Group size; Group stability; Lake Tanganyika cichlids

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33645714243     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853905774831891     Document Type: Article

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