Predation and the Reproductive Behavior of Fiddler Crabs (Genus Uca)

Evolutionary Ecology of Social and Sexual Systems: Crustaceans as Model Organisms

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Christy, John H ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Female choice; Mating behavior; Sensory traps; Signal evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920751374     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195179927.003.0010     Document Type: Chapter

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