The effect of food availability on the semilunar courtship rhythm in the fiddler crab Uca lactea (de Haan) (Brachyura: Ocypodidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 210-217

  Kim, Tae Won ^a   Choe, Jae C ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Courtship; Fiddler crab; Food availability; Reproductive cycle; Semilunar tidal rhythm

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LUNAR CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYURA; BRACHYURAN; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; OCYPODIDAE; UCA LACTEA;

EID: 0042977283     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0614-3     Document Type: Article

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