Dishonest signalling of fighting ability and multiple performance traits in the fiddler crab Uca mjoebergi
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2009
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Lailvaux, Simon P.
Reaney, Leeann
Backwell, Patricia
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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1. Signals used during male combat are expected to be honest indicators of fighting ability. However, recent studies show that dishonesty in male signalling is more prevalent than previously believed. 2. Here we show that regenerated (leptochelous) claws
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Keywords: competitive ability; crab; evolutionarily stable strategy; fighting; male behavior; morphology; performance assessment; sexual selection; signaling; Decapoda (Crustacea); Ocypodidae; Uca Dishonesty; Fiddler crabs; Performance; Sexual selection; Signalling; Weapons
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Functional Ecology
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