To court or not to court: Reproductive decisions by male fiddler crabs in response to fluctuating food availability

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1139-1147

  Kim, Tae Won ^a,b   Sakamoto, Kotaro ^c   Henmi, Yasuhisa ^c   Choe, Jae C ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Condition dependence; Courtship; Feeding; Fiddler crab; Food availability; Reproductive decision; Surface mating; Trade off

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; CRAB; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TRADE-OFF;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA LACTEA;

EID: 42449130957     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0542-8     Document Type: Article

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