Behavioural type affects dominance and growth in staged encounters of cooperatively breeding cichlids

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 313-323

  Riebli, Thomas ^a   Avgan, Batur ^a   Bottini, Anna Maria ^a   Duc, Caroline ^a   Taborsky, Michael ^a   Heg, Dik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behavioural syndrome; Body condition; Neolamprologus pulcher; Personality; Reserves; Strategic growth; Submission

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; CICHLID; DOMINANCE; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER;

EID: 78650210691     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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