Risk-taking behavior predicts aggression and mating success in a fiddler crab

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 521-525

  Reaney, Leeann T ^a   Backwell, Patricia R Y ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Correlated behavior; Fiddler crab; Mating success; Risk taking behavior

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CRAB; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RISK PERCEPTION; SIZE EFFECT; TERRITORIALITY;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 34548383379     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm014     Document Type: Article

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