When and why do territorial coalitions occur? Experimental evidence from a fiddler crab

American Naturalist

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Detto, Tanya ^a   Jennions, Michael D ^a   Backwell, Patricia R Y ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coalitions; Cooperation; Dear enemy; Fiddler crabs; Fighting; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BURROW; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRAB; DEAR ENEMY PHENOMENON; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIGHTING; MUTUALISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRACHYURA; COOPERATION; MALE; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BRACHYURA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; TERRITORIALITY;

AFRICA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA ANNULIPES;

EID: 77951059619     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651588     Document Type: Article

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