Causes of a male-biased operational sex ratio in the fiddler crab Uca crenulata

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-144

  DeRivera, Catherine E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiddler crab; Mating synchrony; Operational sex ratio; Reproductive cycle; Uca

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA; UCA CRENULATA;

EID: 0038185259     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-002-0090-7     Document Type: Article

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