Su-yen Thornhill finds out why some male fish step in and break up cat fights in their harems.
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Schradin,C. & Lamprecht, J. Female-biased immigration and male peacekeeping in groups of shell-dwelling cichlid fish Neolamprologus multifaciatus. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 48, 2000.
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Thornhill, SY. Peacekeepers among the shell seekers. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000803-1
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