Reproductive success and two modes of mating in the sand-bubbler crab Scopimera globosa

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-207

  Koga, Tsunenori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative mating tactics; Female response; Reproductive success; Sand bubbler crab; Scopimera globosa

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; CRUSTACEAN; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DECAPODA; SCOPIMERA GLOBOSA;

EID: 0032211540     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00051-3     Document Type: Article

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