To signal or not to signal? Chemical communication by urine-borne signals mirrors sexual conflict in crayfish

BMC Biology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Berry, Fiona C ^a   Breithaupt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS;

SEX PHEROMONE;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CRAYFISH; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINE;

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; FEMALE; MALE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 77950395148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-25     Document Type: Article

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