Differences in sounds made by courting males of three closely related Lake Malawi cichlid species

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1358-1371

  Amorim, M C P ^a   Knight, M E ^b   Stratoudakis, Y ^c   Turner, G F ^d  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioacoustics; Cichlidae; Mate choice; Pseudotropheus; Reproductive isolation; Sound production

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; CICHLID; COURTSHIP; MATE CHOICE; VOCALIZATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LAKE MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

CICHLIDAE; METRIACLIMA ZEBRA; PSEUDOTROPHEUS; PSEUDOTROPHEUS CALLAINOS; PSEUDOTROPHEUS ZEBRA;

EID: 9244221167     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2004.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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