Costs and benefits of increased weapon size differ between sexes of the slender crayfish, Cherax dispar

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 853-858

  Wilson, Robbie S ^a   James, Rob S ^b   Bywater, Candice ^a   Seebacher, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dishonest signals; Physical performance; Signals of strength; Weapon size

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CRAYFISH; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SWIMMING;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SWIMMING;

ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX DISPAR;

EID: 63049099747     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.024547     Document Type: Article

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