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Interspecific attractiveness of structures built by courting male fiddler crabs: experimental evidence of a sensory trap

Christy, John H; Backwell, Patricia; Schober, Ursula

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Male fiddler crabs Uca musica sometimes build sand hoods and male Uca beebei sometimes build mud pillars next to their burrows to which they attract females for mating. Mate-searching females preferentially approach these structures and subsequently mate

dc.contributor.authorChristy, John H
dc.contributor.authorBackwell, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorSchober, Ursula
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T23:23:55Z
dc.date.available2015-12-13T23:23:55Z
dc.identifier.issn0340-5443
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/91981
dc.description.abstractMale fiddler crabs Uca musica sometimes build sand hoods and male Uca beebei sometimes build mud pillars next to their burrows to which they attract females for mating. Mate-searching females preferentially approach these structures and subsequently mate
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.sourceBehavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
dc.subjectKeywords: avoidance reaction; burrow; crab; mate location; orientation; predation risk; sexual selection; Crustacea; Decapoda (Crustacea); Ocypodidae; Stenodactylus; Uca Landmark orientation; Mate search risk; Predator avoidance; Sensory trap; Uca
dc.titleInterspecific attractiveness of structures built by courting male fiddler crabs: experimental evidence of a sensory trap
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.citationvolume53
dc.date.issued2003
local.identifier.absfor060201 - Behavioural Ecology
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub22922
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationChristy, John H, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
local.contributor.affiliationBackwell, Patricia, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationSchober, Ursula, University of the Witwatersrand
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage84
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage91
dc.date.updated2015-12-12T09:18:11Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-0038344756
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