Female behaviour, sexual competition and mate guarding in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 589-603

  Jivoff, Paul ^a,b,c   Hines, Anson H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Rutgers University Marine Field Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE CRAB; FEMALE BEHAVIOUR; MATE GUARDING; MATING BEHAVIOUR; SEXUAL COMPETITION;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA;

EID: 0031946226     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0646     Document Type: Article

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