Interspecific attractiveness of structures built by courting male fiddler crabs: Experimental evidence of a sensory trap

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 84-91

  Christy, John H ^a,b   Backwell, Patricia R Y ^a,b,c   Schober, Ursula ^d  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b Unit 0948   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Landmark orientation; Mate search risk; Predator avoidance; Sensory trap; Uca

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BURROW; CRAB; MATE LOCATION; ORIENTATION; PREDATION RISK; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; STENODACTYLUS; UCA; UCA BEEBEI; UCA MUSICA; UCA STENODACTYLUS;

EID: 0038344756     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0553-4     Document Type: Article

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