Polyandry occurs because females initially trade sex for protection

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1203-1206

  Slatyer, R A ^a   Jennions, M D ^a   Backwell, P R Y ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Female choice; Fiddler crab; Polyandry; Sexual selection; Uca mjoebergi

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; BURROW; CRAB; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; MATE CHOICE; MUDFLAT; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

AVES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 84859713134     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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