Differences in context and function of two distinct waving displays in the fiddler crab, Uca perplexa (Decapoda: Ocypodidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 137-148

  How, Martin J ^a   Zeil, Jochen ^a   Hemmi, Jan M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Claw waving; Fiddler crab; Movement based visual signals; Signal function; Uca perplexa

Indexed keywords

CRAB; REPRODUCTION; SIGNALING; SURVIVORSHIP; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 35248883419     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0448-5     Document Type: Article

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