Sexual selection for structure building by courting male fiddler crabs: An experimental study of behavioral mechanisms

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 366-374

  Christy, John H ^a,b   Backwell, Patricia R Y ^a,b,d   Goshimab, Seiji ^c   Kreutera, Thomas ^a,b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b APO AA 34003 ^*  (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioral mechanisms; Bowers; Courtship; Female preferences; Fiddler crabs; Male built ornaments; Sexual selection; Uca musica

Indexed keywords

BURROW; COURTSHIP; CRAB; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

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

EID: 0036558661     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.3.366     Document Type: Article

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