Signals from 'crabworld': Cuticular reflections in a fiddler crab colony

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 2561-2569

  Zeil, Jochen ^a   Hofmann, Martin ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colour change; Cuticle colour; Fiddler crab; Polarization reflection; Specular reflection; Uca vomeris

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ASSOCIATION; BRACHYURA; COLOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; COLOR; CUES; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 0035745853     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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