Male and female shell-brooding cichlids prefer different shell characteristics

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 131-137

  Mitchell, Jeremy S ^a   Ocana, Sabine Wirtz ^a   Taborsky, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cichlid; Extended phenotype; Habitat choice; Lamprologus callipterus; Resource defence polygyny; Sexual selection; Shell brooding

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; POLYGYNY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE USE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SHELL;

CICHLIDAE; LAMPROLOGUS CALLIPTERUS;

EID: 84910032175     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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