Burrow surveillance in fiddler crabs (I) Description of behaviour

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Authors

Hemmi, Jan

Zeil, Jochen

Publisher

The Company of Biologists Ltd

Abstract

When defending resources, animals need to reliably detect and identify potential competitors. Animals that live at high population densities would be expected to be efficient in this aspect of resource defence since the time lost in false alarms could be

Keywords

Keywords: animal; article; association; Australia; behavior; Brachyura; comparative study; competitive behavior; distance perception; physiology; statistical model; videorecording; Animals; Brachyura; Competitive Behavior; Cues; Distance Perception; Linear Models; Burrow defence; Competitor; Fiddler crab; Resource defence; Territory; Uca vomeris; Visual behaviour

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/86668

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ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Experimental Biology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1242/jeb.00632

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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