Underground mating in the fiddler crab Uca tetragonon: The association between female life history traits and male mating tactics

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-52

  Koga, Tsunenori ^a   Murai, Minoru ^b   Goshima, Seiji ^c   Poovachiranon, Sombat ^d  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d PHUKET MARINE BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Barrow size; Brood size; Fiddler crab; Life history traits; Mating tactic; Underground mating

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CRAB; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATING; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION;

DECAPODA; UCA TETRAGONON;

EID: 0034682226     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(00)00154-4     Document Type: Article

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