Habitat saturation, benefits of philopatry, relatedness, and the extent of co-operative breeding in a cichlid

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-92

  Heg, Dik ^a   Rothenberger, Susan ^a   Schürch, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body size; Cichlidae; Co operation; Density dependence; Helper; Status

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CICHLID; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISPERSAL; HABITAT USE; PHILOPATRY; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952509431     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq170     Document Type: Article

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