Energetic costs, ontogenetic shifts and sexual dimorphism in spider crab decoration

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1125-1133

  Berke, Sarah K ^a,b   Woodin, Sarah A ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Camouflage; Cost benefit trade offs; Decapod behaviour; Life history evolution

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; CRAB; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MIMICRY; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PREDATION RISK; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; BRACHYURA; CRYPTODROMIOPSIS ANTILLENSIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MAJIDAE; MAJOIDEA; METAZOA; OREGONIA GRACILIS;

EID: 55349087901     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01469.x     Document Type: Article

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