Sexual selection and the physiological consequences of habitat choice by a fiddler crab

Oecologia

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-34

  Allen, Bengt J ^a,b   Levinton, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraint; Female choice; Microhabitat use; Resource acquisition; Trade off; Uca pugilator

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; BREEDING SEASON; CRAB; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SALTMARSH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CELUCA PUGILATOR; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRACHYURA; COURTSHIP; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRACHYURA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; NEW YORK; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84910122205     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3002-y     Document Type: Article

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