What factors contribute to an ownership advantage?
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Fayed, Sarah; Jennions, Michael; Backwell, Patricia
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In most taxa, owners win fights when defending a territory against intruders. We calculated effect sizes for four factors that potentially contribute to an 'owner advantage'. We studied male fiddler crabs Uca mjoebergi, where owners won 92% of natural fights. Owners were not more successful because they were inherently better fighters (r=0.02). There was a small effect (r=0.18) of the owner's knowledge of territory quality (food availability) and a medium effect (r=0.29) of his having...[Show more]
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Date published: | 2008 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/53044 |
Source: | Biology Letters |
DOI: | 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0534 |
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