Fitness correlates of male coloration in a Lake Victoria cichlid fish

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 691-699

  Maan, Martine E ^a   Van Der Spoel, Michael ^a   Jimenez, Paloma Quesada ^b   Van Alphen, Jacques J M ^a   Seehausen, Ole ^c,d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carotenoid display; Cichlid fish; Lake Victoria; Parasite mediated sexual selection; Pundamilia nyererei; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CORRELATION; FISH; FITNESS; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PARASITE INFESTATION; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE; PUNDAMILIA NYEREREI;

EID: 33747832415     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ark020     Document Type: Article

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