The assessment of female reproductive state during courtship and scramble competition in the fiddler crab, Uca paradussumieri

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-142

  Murai, Minoru ^a   Koga, Tsunenori ^b,d   Yong, Hoi Sen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d WAKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Courtship; Fiddler crabs; Rival intrusions; Scramble competition; Underground mating

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; CRAB; MATE GUARDING; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SCRAMBLE COMPETITION; SPERM COMPETITION;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 0036664380     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0483-1     Document Type: Article

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