Sex differences in the mate selection process of the monogamous, biparental convict cichlid, Archocentrus nigrofasciatum

Behaviour

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1041-1059

  Santangelo, Nick ^a,b   Itzkowitz, M ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Courtship; Mate preferences; Mate searching

Indexed keywords

EID: 9644277099     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539042360125     Document Type: Article

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