Attractiveness of sand hoods built by courting male fiddler crabs,  Uca musica : test of a sensory trap hypothesis

Christy, John H; Baum, Julia K.; Backwell, Patricia

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Attractiveness of sand hoods built by courting male fiddler crabs, Uca musica : test of a sensory trap hypothesis

Date

2003

Authors

Christy, John H

Baum, Julia K.

Backwell, Patricia

Publisher

Academic Press

Abstract

Courting male fiddler crabs, Uca musica, sometimes build sand hoods at the entrances of their burrows to which they attract females for mating. On average, females visit 17 males in as many minutes before they choose a mate, and they preferentially visit