Mating behaviour, female receptivity and male-male competition in the intertidal crab Hemigrapsus sexdentatus (Brachyura: Grapsidae)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 290, Issue , 2005, Pages 179-191

  Brockerhoff, A M ^a   McLay, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ejaculate size; Female receptivity; Male competition; Mating behaviour; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

CRAB; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEX RATIO; SPERM COMPETITION;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

BRACHYNOTUS SEXDENTATUS; BRACHYURA; CANCER PAGURUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; HEMIGRAPSUS;

EID: 18844433627     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps290179     Document Type: Article

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