Tests of the mate-guarding hypothesis for social monogamy: Does population density, sex ratio, or female synchrony affect behavior of male snapping shrimp (Alpheus angulatus)?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 426-432

  Mathews, Lauren M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Pre copulatory mate guarding; Snapping shrimp; Social monogamy

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; MATE GUARDING; MONOGAMY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX RATIO;

ALPHEIDAE; ALPHEUS; ALPHEUS ANGULATUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0036556166     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0465-3     Document Type: Article

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