Cichlids do not adjust reproductive skew to the availability of independent breeding options

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 419-429

  Heg, Dik ^a   Bergmüller, Ralph ^a   Bonfils, Danielle ^a   Otti, Oliver ^a   Bachar, Zina ^a   Burri, Reto ^a   Heckel, Gerald ^a   Taborsky, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Clutch size adjustment; Cooperative breeding; Ecological constraints; Reproductive partitioning

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH; MATING BEHAVIOR; MODEL; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER;

EID: 33645718008     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arj056     Document Type: Article

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