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Why do fiddler crabs build chimneys?

Chimneys are mud mounds built by fiddler crabs that encircle the entrance to their burrow. Their function in many species is unknown. In Uca capricornis, crabs of both sexes and all sizes build chimneys, but females do so disproportionately more often. There are no differences in the immediate physi...

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Main Authors: Slatyer, R.A, Fok, E.S.Y, Hocking, R, Backwell, P.R.Y
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: The Royal Society 2008
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2614161/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18715845
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2008.0387
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