The fiddler crab Uca mjoebergi uses ultraviolet cues in mate choice but not aggressive interactions

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 407-411

  Detto, Tanya ^a   Backwell, Patricia R Y ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

competitive ability; Crustacea; fiddler crab; mate choice; Uca mjoebergi; Ultraviolet; UV

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CRAB; MATE CHOICE; MATE LOCATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL CUE;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 68349154629     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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