Cooperative breeding in the Lake Tanganyika cichlid Julidochromis ornatus

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 76, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 265-281

  Heg, Dik ^a   Bachar, Zina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Group size; Helping behaviour; Reproductive behaviour; Reproductive success; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EUSOCIALITY; FISH; LABORATORY METHOD; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

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

CHALINOCHROMIS; CICHLIDAE; JULIDOCHROMIS; JULIDOCHROMIS ORNATUS; LAMPROLOGINI; NEOLAMPROLOGUS; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 33748507980     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9032-5     Document Type: Review

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