Reproductive suppression in female cooperatively breeding cichlids

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 606-609

  Heg, Dik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body size; Cichlidae; Cooperative breeding; Dominance; Reproductive competition

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DOMINANCE; FISH; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PARENTAL CARE;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CICHLID; CLUTCH SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION SUPPRESSION;

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

CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 52649132674     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0365     Document Type: Article

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