Adjustment of brood care behaviour in the absence of a mate in two species of Nicaraguan crater lake cichlids

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 613-619

  Lehtonen, Topi K ^a,b,c   Wong, Bob B M ^b   Svensson, P Andreas ^b   Meyer, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Mate desertion; Midas cichlid species complex; Offspring survival; Parental care; Qualitative care compensation; Territorial aggression

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BROOD DESERTION; CICHLID; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

AMPHILOPHUS CITRINELLUS; AVES; CICHLIDAE;

EID: 79952696157     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1062-5     Document Type: Article

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