Sex differences in rates of territory joining and inheritance in a cooperatively breeding cichlid fish

By Kelly A. Stiver, John L. Fitzpatrick, Julie K. Desjardins, S. Balshine. 2006

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Alternative reproductive tactics and life history phenotypes (2010, background): “Once they manage to take over a territory as dominant breeder, they will do so (Balshine-Earn et al. 1998, Stiver et al. 2006) and raise their reproductive effort accordingly (Fitzpatrick et al. 2006). all the female’s eggs will be fertilised (Jennions and Petrie 2000).”
Network structure is related to social conflict in a cooperatively breeding fish (2013, background): “(5) Female N. pulcher queue for breeding positions within their natal groups while males more commonly disperse to another group prior to breeding (Stiver et al. 2004, 2006, 2007).”
Rules of engagement for resource contests in a social fish (2011, background): “…pulcher do naturally engage in escalated contests, for example, during territory take-overs or group-joining events (Balshine-Earn et al. 1998; Stiver et al. 2006; Fitzpatrick et al. 2008), and in these situations wewould expect to observe aggression rates closer to what we have observed in…”