The effects of familiarity and social hierarchy on group membership decisions in a social fish

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 301-303

  Jordan, Lyndon A ^a   Wong, Marian Y L ^b   Balshine, Sigal S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Familiarity; Group membership; Neolamprologus pulcher; Social hierarchy

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; FAMILIARITY; GROUP SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER;

EID: 77953700855     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0732     Document Type: Article

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