The association of visual and acoustic courtship behaviors in African cichlid fishes

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-216

  Smith, Adam R ^a,b   van Staaden, Moira J ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Cichlid; Communication; Courtship; Melanochromis spp; Metriaclima spp.; Multimodal

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; CICHLID; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VISUAL CUE;

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

AFRICAN CICHLIDS; CICHLIDAE; MELANOCHROMIS; METRIACLIMA; METRIACLIMA ZEBRA; PISCES;

EID: 70449433360     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: 10290362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240903033501     Document Type: Article

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