State-dependent pairing behaviour in male Gammarus pulex (L.) (Crustacea, Amphipoda): Effects of time left to moult and prior pairing status

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 131-137

  Bollache, L ^a   Cezilly, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Gammarus pulex; Moult; Pairing decision; State dependent behaviour

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MATING BEHAVIOR; MOLT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; FEMALE; GAMMARUS PULEX; LABORATORY; MALE; MATING; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; TIME;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; COPULATION; CRUSTACEA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PAIR BOND; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; PULEX;

EID: 1942508943     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2004.01.010     Document Type: Article

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