Gender differences in the costs that subordinate group members impose on dominant males in a cooperative breeder

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1162-1174

  Mitchell, Jeremy S ^a   Jutzeler, Eva ^a   Heg, Dik ^a   Taborsky, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENDER DISPARITY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING POPULATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER;

EID: 70449558746     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01705.x     Document Type: Article

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