Territory quality affects female preference in a Lake Victoria cichlid fish

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 747-755

  Dijkstra, Peter D ^a   Van Der Zee, Els M ^a   Groothuis, Ton G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Haplochromine cichlid; Male male competition; Mate choice; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; COLOR MORPH; COURTSHIP; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATE CHOICE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

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

CICHLIDAE; PUNDAMILIA; PUNDAMILIA NYEREREI; PUNDAMILIA PUNDAMILIA;

EID: 38849086764     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0500-5     Document Type: Article

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