The importance of color in mate choice of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3762-3768

  Baldwin, Jamie ^a   Johnsen, Sönke ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Callinectes sapidus; Color vision; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; COLOR; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS;

EID: 70450092059     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.028027     Document Type: Article

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