Time constraints and multiple choice criteria in the sampling behaviour and mate choice of the fiddler crab, Uca annulipes

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 407-416

  Backwell, Patricia R Y ^a,c   Passmore, Neville I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Fiddler crab; Mate sampling behavior; Multiple mate choice criteria; Search time constraints

Indexed keywords

UCA ANNULIPES; DECAPODA;

FIDDLER CRAB; MATE CHOICE; SAMPLING BEHAVIOUR;

EID: 0029660518     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050258     Document Type: Article

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