Female preference for male phenotypic traits in a fiddler crab: do females use absolute or comparative evaluation?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-143

  Reaney, Leeann T ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

comparative evaluation; female preference; fiddler crab; male traits; mate choice; Uca mjoebergi

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRAB; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 57449087009     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.09.019     Document Type: Article

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