A role for male bower size as an intrasexual signal in a Lake Malawi cichlid fish

Behaviour

Volumn 146, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 963-978

  Martin, Christopher H ^a   Genner, Martin J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Armament ornament model; Bower; Cichlid; Lek; Malawi; Male competition; Pre existing trait model; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE;

EID: 70149099146     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853908X396836     Document Type: Article

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