Female Maylandia zebra prefer victorious males

D. T. Mellor; C. M. Tarsiewicz; R. C. Jordan

doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02884.x

Female Maylandia zebra prefer victorious males

D. T. Mellor, C. M. Tarsiewicz, R. C. Jordan

School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Human Ecology

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Abstract

Females of a widespread species of the rock-dwelling haplochromine cichlids of Lake Malawi, Maylandia zebra, show preference for males that successfully evict intruding males from their territory. This behaviour, experimentally induced by the investigators in a laboratory setting, was also preferred over males that were not permitted to interact with any other individual.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	680-687
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Fish Biology
Volume	78
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02884.x
State	Published - Feb 2011

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Aquatic Science

Keywords

Behaviour
Haplochromine cichlids
Male-male competition
Mbuna
Sexual selection

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