Acoustic diversity in Lake Malawi's rock-dwelling cichlids

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-30

  Danley, Patrick D ^a   Husemann, Martin ^a   Chetta, Justin ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Mate choice; Metriaclima; Reproductive isolation; Sound production; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; AGGRESSION; CICHLID; COLOR MORPH; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SHALLOW WATER; SIGNAL;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI;

CICHLIDAE; MAYLANDIA; METRIACLIMA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 82555167066     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9886-z     Document Type: Article

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