Size-dependent task specialization in a cooperative cichlid in response to experimental variation of demand

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 387-394

  Bruintjes, Rick ^a   Taborsky, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Cooperative breeding; Division of labour; Egg predator; Eusociality; Helping behaviour; Kin selection; Lake Tanganyika; Neolamprologus pulcher; Pay to stay; Spacing

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EGG PREDATION; EUSOCIALITY; HELPING BEHAVIOR; KIN SELECTION; LABOR DIVISION; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIALIZATION; SURVIVAL;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE TANGANYIKA;

CICHLIDAE; HEXAPODA; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78751614803     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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