Male foraging avoidance in female feeding territories in a harem polygynous cichlid in Lake Tanganyika

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-27

  Matsumoto, Kazunori ^a,b   Kohda, Masanori ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cichlid; Feeding site partitioning; Haremic polygyny; Neolamprologus tetracanthus; Reproductive tactics; Territory

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NEOLAMPROLOGUS TETRACANTHUS;

EID: 33846290323     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-006-0200-z     Document Type: Article

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