An experimental approach to altering mating tactics in male horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 232-238

  Brockmann, H Jane ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative mating tactics; Alternative reproductive behavior; Alternative strategies; Conditional strategies; Frequency dependent selection; Horseshoe crabs; Limulus polyphemus

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; MALE BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

FLORIDA; SEAHORSE KEY; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; POLYPHEMUS; XIPHOSURA;

EID: 0036217440     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.2.232     Document Type: Article

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