The strength of a female mate preference increases with predation risk

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1657, 2009, Pages 775-780

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

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female preference; Fiddler crab; Predation risk; Sensory trap; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; CRAB; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PREDATION RISK; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AVES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA BEEBEI;

EID: 58249119482     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1070     Document Type: Article

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