Courtship herding in the fiddler crab Uca elegans

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 194, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1053-1061

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

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coercion; Courtship herding; Fiddler crab; Uca elegans; Visual signal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPY;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 56649124644     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0376-5     Document Type: Article

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