Life history and behavioral type in the highly social cichlid Neolamprologus pulcher

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 588-598

  Schürch, Roger ^a,b   Heg, Dik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral syndrome; Cichlidae; Cooperative breeding; Life history; Neolamprologus pulcher; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CICHLID; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DECISION MAKING; DISPERSAL; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ONTOGENY; PHILOPATRY; SEXUAL MATURITY;

CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER;

EID: 77951097725     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq024     Document Type: Article

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