Experimental evidence that immediate neighbors affect male attractiveness

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 730-733

  Callander, Sophia ^a   Hayes, Catherine L ^a   Jennions, Michael D ^a   Backwell, Patricia R Y ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

courtship; defence coalition; fiddler crab; mate choice; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; COURTSHIP; CRAB; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MALE; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL SELECTION;

OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 84875987771     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars208     Document Type: Article

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