Extended safe havens and between-group dispersal of helpers in a cooperatively breeding cichlid

Behaviour

Volumn 142, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1643-1667

  Bergmüller, Ralph ^a,b   Heg, Dik ^a   Peer, Katharina ^a   Taborsky, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Between group dispersal; Biological markets; Cichlidae; Cooperative breeding; Neolamprologus pulcher brichardi; Social network; Territory quality

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER;

EID: 33745917345     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853905774831800     Document Type: Article

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