Inter-sexual contests in the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus: Females fight harder but males win more encounters

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1781-1787

  Briffa, Mark ^a   Dallaway, Dale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contest; Female aggression; Fighting; Hermit crab; Shell fight

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CONTEST COMPETITION; CRAB; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; SEX RATIO;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; PAGURUS BERNHARDUS;

EID: 34547702837     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0411-5     Document Type: Article

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