Dominant members of cooperatively-breeding groups adjust their behaviour in response to the sexes of their subordinates

Behaviour

Volumn 146, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1665-1686

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dominance hierarchy; Gender composition; Group living; Neolamprologus pulcher

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER;

EID: 70449609870     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579509X12459328580026     Document Type: Article

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