Thermoregulation as an alternate function of the sexually dimorphic fiddler crab claw

American Naturalist

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 419-428

  Darnell, M Zachary ^a   Munguia, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiddler crab; Heat sink; Major claw; Sexual dimorphism; Thermoregulation; Uca panacea

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CRAB; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HEAT TRANSFER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE ATTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; FEMALE; HOOF AND CLAW; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRACHYURA; FEMALE; HOOF AND CLAW; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA PANACEA;

EID: 80051513342     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661239     Document Type: Article

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