Nest deprivation and mating success in Nile tilapia (Teleostei: Cichlidae)

Revista Brasileira de Zoologia

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 413-418

  Mendonça, Francine Z ^a   Gonçalves de Freitas, Eliane ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Courtship; Reproduction; Sexual selection; Substrate

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TELEOSTEI; TILAPIA;

EID: 54949140336     PISSN: 01018175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0101-81752008000300005     Document Type: Article

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