Non-independent mate choice in a fiddler crab: A case of stimulus enhancement

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1419-1424

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

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fiddler crabs; Mate choice copying; Non independent mate choice; Stimulus enhancement; Uca mjoebergi

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CRAB; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MATE CHOICE; SELECTION;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 79958792458     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1152-z     Document Type: Article

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