Resembling the juvenile colour of host cichlid facilitates access of the guest cichlid to host territory

Behaviour

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 741-756

  Ochi, Haruki ^a   Awata, Satoshi ^b  

^a Hokkaido University ^*  (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cichlid; Commensal system; Juvenile colour; Mimicking; Reduced aggression

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS; VARIABILICHROMIS MOORII;

EID: 70249107170     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853909X446181     Document Type: Article

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