Male mate choice in hermit crabs: Prudence by inferior males and simple preference by superior males

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 114-119

  Wada, Satoshi ^a   Arashiro, Yuusei ^a   Takeshita, Fumio ^a   Shibata, Yasutoki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crustacean; Precopulatory guarding; Prudent mate choice; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRAB; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MATE GUARDING; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PAGURUS MIDDENDORFII;

EID: 79952527095     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq183     Document Type: Article

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