Claw size, waving display and female choice in the european fiddler crab, uca tangeri

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-251

  Oliveira, R F ^a   Custodio M R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Claw size; Claw waving display; Female choice; Fiddler crab; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

DECAPODA; UCA TANGERI;

EID: 0345164324     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1998.9522855     Document Type: Article

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