Species divergence and seasonal succession in rates of mate desertion in closely related Neotropical cichlid fishes

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 607-612

  Lehtonen, Topi K ^a,b,c,e   Wong, Bob B M ^c   Lindström, Kai ^a,d   Meyer, Axel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body size; Lake Apoyo; Lake Xilo ; Mate desertion; Midas cichlid complex; Parental care; Seasonal variation; Species comparison

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; CICHLID; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

LAKE APOYO; LAKE XILOA; MANAGUA [NICARAGUA]; NICARAGUA;

AMPHILOPHUS; AMPHILOPHUS CITRINELLUS; ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 79952704351     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1061-6     Document Type: Article

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