title: Female Maylandia zebra prefer victorious males.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, U.S.A. dmellor@rci.rutgers.edu
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Mellor
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Tarsiewicz
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Jordan
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression; D000818:Animals; D023681:Cichlids / Q000502:physiology*; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D052586:Mating Preference, Animal; D012098:Reproduction