Dishonest signals of strength in male slender crayfish (Cherax dispar) during agonistic encounters

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 284-291

  Wilson, Robbie S ^a   Angilletta Jr , Michael J ^b   James, Rob S ^c   Navas, Carlos ^d   Seebacher, Frank ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chela strength; Dominance; Signaling; Weapon size

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CRAYFISH; DOMINANCE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CRAYFISH; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLES;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX DISPAR;

EID: 34547689171     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519399     Document Type: Article

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