The effects of neighbor familiarity and size on cooperative defense of fiddler crab territories

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 285-289

  Booksmythe, Isobel ^a   Hayes, Catherine ^a   Jennions, Michael D ^a   Backwell, Patricia R Y ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cooperative defense; familiarity; individual recognition; neighbor; size; territory; Uca annulipes

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRAB; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; FAMILIARITY; HELPING BEHAVIOR; RESIDENT POPULATION; SIZE EFFECT; TERRITORY;

OCYPODIDAE; UCA; UCA ANNULIPES;

EID: 84857605842     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr184     Document Type: Article

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