A conspicuous courtship signal in the fiddler crab Uca perplexa: Female choice based on display structure

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 736-741

  Murai, Minoru ^a   Backwell, Patricia R Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Claw waving; Courtship signal; Female choice; Fiddler crab

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; CRAB; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 33747609810     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0217-x     Document Type: Article

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