Subordinate removal affects parental investment, but not offspring survival in a cooperative cichlid
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not offspring survival in a cooperative cichlid Rick Bruintjes, Zina Heg-Bachar and Dik Heg* Department of Behavioural Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Hinterkappelen, Switzerland; School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; Division of International and Environmental Health, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Bern, Switzerland; and Department of Clinical Research, Clinical Trials Unit Bern, ISPM, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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