A preference for a sexual signal keeps females safe

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Kim, Tae Won ^a,c   Christy, John H ^b   Choe, Jae C ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BURROWING SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; CRAB; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; PREDICTION; SAFETY; SAND; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; ANIMAL; CRUSTACEA; DECISION MAKING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CRUSTACEA; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 43749090328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000422     Document Type: Article

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