Forewarned is forearmed: Early signals of RHP predict opponent fatigue in hermit crab shell fights

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1324-1329

  Mowles, Sophie L ^a   Briffa, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

contest; hermit crab; performance; resource holding potential; signal

Indexed keywords

CRAB; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FIGHTING; PERSISTENCE; RESOURCE USE; SHELL; SIGNAL;

EID: 84867799497     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars124     Document Type: Article

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