Experimental evidence for a seasonal shift in the strength of a female mating preference

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 311-316

  Milner, Richard N C ^a   Detto, Tanya ^a   Jennions, Michael D ^a   Backwell, Patricia R Y ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Female choice; Fiddler crabs; Mating preference; Phenotypic plasticity; Sexual selection; Uca mjoebergi

Indexed keywords

CRAB; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FEMALE; MATE CHOICE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 76749117538     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp196     Document Type: Article

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