Interspecific attractiveness of structures built by courting male fiddler crabs: experimental evidence of a sensory trap
| dc.contributor.author | Christy, John H | |
| dc.contributor.author | Backwell, Patricia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Schober, Ursula | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-13T23:23:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-12-13T23:23:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2015-12-12T09:18:11Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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.identifier.issn | 0340-5443 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/91981 | |
| dc.publisher | Springer | |
| dc.source | Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology | |
| dc.subject | Keywords: 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.title | Interspecific attractiveness of structures built by courting male fiddler crabs: experimental evidence of a sensory trap | |
| dc.type | Journal article | |
| local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 91 | |
| local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 84 | |
| local.contributor.affiliation | Christy, John H, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute | |
| local.contributor.affiliation | Backwell, Patricia, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
| local.contributor.affiliation | Schober, Ursula, University of the Witwatersrand | |
| local.contributor.authoruid | Backwell, Patricia, u4040667 | |
| local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
| local.description.refereed | Yes | |
| local.identifier.absfor | 060201 - Behavioural Ecology | |
| local.identifier.ariespublication | MigratedxPub22922 | |
| local.identifier.citationvolume | 53 | |
| local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-0038344756 | |
| local.type.status | Published Version |