Social fishes and single mothers: Brain evolution in African cichlids

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1654, 2009, Pages 161-167

  Gonzalez Voyer, Alejandro ^a   Winberg, Svante ^b   Kolm, Niclas ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain size; Cichlid fishes; Comparative analyses; Diet; Habitat; Parental care

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BRAIN; CICHLID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; EVOLUTION; PARENTAL CARE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL SOCIETY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CICHLID; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FEMALE; HABITAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICAN CICHLIDS; CICHLIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 58149267832     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0979     Document Type: Article

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