Parental investment in relation to offspring quality in the biparental cichlid fish Pelvicachromis taeniatus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-74

  Thünken, Timo ^a   Meuthen, Denis ^a   Bakker, Theo C M ^a   Kullmann, Harald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body size; Brood care; Brood size; Cichlid; Pelvicachromis taeniatus

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BROOD SIZE; CICHLID; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MATERNAL CARE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT;

CICHLIDAE; PELVICACHROMIS TAENIATUS;

EID: 77953961973     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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