Female preferences for timing in a fiddler crab with synchronous courtship waving displays
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Kahn, Andrew; Holman, Luke; Backwell, Patricia
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Studies of sexual communication typically focus on the design and information content of a signal of interest, but the timing of signal production relative to nearby competitors can be crucial. Male fiddler crabs, Uca mjoebergi, court females with a stereotyped claw-waving display, and males are often observed waving in synchrony with nearby claw-waving males. Using female mate preference experiments with robots that imitate male claw waves, we found evidence that females are more attracted to...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2014 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/75840 |
Source: | Animal Behaviour |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.09.028 |
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