Group Structure, Nest Size and Reproductive Success in the Cooperatively Breeding Cichlid Julidochromis ornatus: A Correlation Study
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* Freshwater Fisheries Research Division, National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Fisheries Research Agency, Ueda, Japan Laboratory of Animal Sociology, Department of Biology and Geosciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan § Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan – Department of Behavioural Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Hinterkappelen, Switzerland
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