Female rock shrimp Rhynchocinetes typus mate in rapid succession up a male dominance hierarchy

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-68

  Thiel, Martin ^a,b   Correa, Cristián ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Contest induction; Female choice; Mating systems; Polyandry; Sexual selection; Shrimp

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; MATE CHOICE; MULTIPLE MATING; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SNEAK COPULATION;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); RHYNCHOCINETES; RHYNCHOCINETES TYPUS; SICYONIIDAE;

EID: 8744244470     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0828-z     Document Type: Article

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