A Spatially Explicit Model of Synchronization in Fiddler Crab Waving Displays

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Araujo, Sabrina Borges Lino ^a   Rorato, Ana C ^a   Perez, Daniela M ^a   Pie, Marcio R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COURTSHIP; DYNAMICS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEIGHBORHOOD; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYNCHRONIZATION; UCA; WAVING;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRACHYURA; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84874599763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057362     Document Type: Article

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