Chelipeds are the real weapon: Cheliped size is a more effective determinant than body size in male-male competition for mates in a hermit crab

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1825-1832

  Yoshino, Kenji ^a   Koga, Tsunenori ^b   Oki, Sayaka ^b  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WAKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contest; Diogenes nitidimanus; Mate guarding; Weapon

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; CONTEST COMPETITION; CRAB; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FIGHTING; MATE GUARDING; SIGNAL; SPERM COMPETITION; VISUAL CUE;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIOGENES NITIDIMANUS;

EID: 85027934374     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1190-6     Document Type: Article

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