Measuring the costs of alternative reproductive tactics in horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 165-173

  Smith, Matthew Denman ^a   Schrank, Hunter E ^a   Brockmann, H Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive tactic; Fasting; Feeding strategy; Horseshoe crab; Limulus polyphemus; Mate guarding; Mating cost; Nutritional stress; Reproduction; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

CRAB; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MALE; MATING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPAWNING; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMALIA; LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA;

EID: 84872339539     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.10.021     Document Type: Article

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