Sounds of male Lake Victoria cichlids vary within and between species and affect female mate preferences

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 548-555

  Verzijden, MacHteld N ^a,b   Van Heusden, Jasper ^a   Bouton, Niels ^a,c   Witte, Frans ^a   Ten Cate, Carel ^a   Slabbekoorn, Hans ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cichlid; Fish; Mate choice; Playback; Sound; Species specific

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIOACOUSTICS; BODY SIZE; CICHLID; DECISION MAKING; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; NUPTIAL GIFT; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; VOCALIZATION;

EAST AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE; PUNDAMILIA NYEREREI;

EID: 77951125205     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq018     Document Type: Article

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