Intraspecific shape variation in horseshoe crabs: The importance of sexual and natural selection for local adaptation

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 407, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-138

  Faurby, Søren ^a,b   Nielsen, Kasper Sauer Kollerup ^b   Bussarawit, Somchai ^c   Intanai, Itsara ^d   van Cong, Nguyen ^e   Pertoldi, Cino ^b,f   Funch, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c National Science Museum   (Thailand)

^d PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^f MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Admixture analysis; Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda; Limulus polyphemus; Morphometrics; Sexual selection; Tachypleus gigas

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; CRAB; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MATING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOMETRY; PHILOPATRY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CARCINOSCORPIUS ROTUNDICAUDA; LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; TACHYPLEUS GIGAS;

EID: 80052483244     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.05.025     Document Type: Article

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