Aggressive biases towards similarly coloured males in Lake Malawi cichlid fishes
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Aggressive biases towards similarly coloured males in Lake Malawi cichlid fishes.
In haplochromine cichlids, female mate choice based on male nuptial coloration has played an important role in speciation. Recent studies suggest that male coloration strongly influences the distribution of these fishes based on male-male aggression; males direct more aggression towards similarly coloured opponents while tolerating differently coloured individuals. We explored the role of male ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biology Letters
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1744-9561,1744-957X
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0581