Mate-guarding behavior in clam shrimp: A field approach

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1125-1132

  Benvenuto, Chiara ^a,b   Knott, Brenton ^c   Weeks, Stephen C ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Branchiopoda; Density; Female resistance; Field observations; Intersexual conflict; Limnadia badia; Male size; Sex ratio; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; MATE GUARDING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX RATIO; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BIVALVIA; BRANCHIOPODA; CONCHOSTRACA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMNADIA;

EID: 70349443499     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp106     Document Type: Article

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