Resource defence or exploded lek? - A question of perspective

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1189-1198

  Kotrschal, Alexander ^a   Taborsky, Barbara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CICHLID; COURTSHIP; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEK; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TERRITORIALITY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; SIMOCHROMIS;

EID: 78349266441     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01831.x     Document Type: Article

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