Experimentally induced helper dispersal in colonially breeding cooperative cichlids

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-206

  Heg, D ^a   Heg Bachar, Z ^a   Brouwer, L ^b   Taborsky, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allee effects; Cichlidae; Cooperative breeding; Dispersal; Habitat saturation

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; CICHLID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DECISION MAKING; DISPERSAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE; PHILOPATRY; SHELTER;

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

CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER; PISCES;

EID: 43749100991     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9317-3     Document Type: Article

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