Plasticity of male mating behaviour in a marine bioluminescent ostracod in both time and space

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 723-734

  Rivers, Trevor J ^a   Morin, James G ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

alternative mating tactic; bioluminescence; competition; courtship display; display synchrony entrainment; mating behaviour; ostracod; Photeros annecohenae; sneaking; Vargula

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; COURTSHIP; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; GRASS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OSTRACOD; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SNEAK COPULATION; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

CRUSTACEA; MYODOCOPIDA; OSTRACODA; VARGULA;

EID: 69249217708     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.06.020     Document Type: Article

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