Variation of territory size and defense behavior in breeding pairs of the endemic Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish Variabilichromis moorii

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 615, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-56

  Sturmbauer, Christian ^a   Hahn, Christoph ^a   Koblmüller, Stephan ^a   Postl, Lisbeth ^a   Sinyinza, Danny ^b   Sefc, Kristina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Ministry of Agriculture   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Eastern Africa; Ecology; Fish community; Lamprologini; Territorial behavior

Indexed keywords

EASTERN AFRICA; ECOLOGY; FISH COMMUNITY; LAMPROLOGINI; TERRITORIAL BEHAVIOR;

LAKES;

CICHLID; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ENDEMIC SPECIES; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SUBSTRATE;

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

CICHLIDAE; LAMPROLOGINI; PISCES; VARIABILICHROMIS MOORII;

EID: 53649093473     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9567-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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