The evolution of cooperative breeding in the African cichlid fish, Neolamprologus pulcher

Biological Reviews

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 511-530

  Wong, Marian ^a   Balshine, Sigal ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alloparental care; Altruism; Cooperative breeding; Group augmentation; Helping; Kin selection; Neolamprologus pulcher; Pay to stay; Signals of prestige

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; CICHLID; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BREEDING; CICHLIDS; FRESH WATER; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ZAMBIA;

AFRICAN CICHLIDS; AVES; MAMMALIA; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79954488898     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00158.x     Document Type: Review

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