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Why do ovigerous females approach courting males? Female preferences and sensory biases in a fiddler crab

Perceptual biases explain the origin and evolution of female preference in many species. Some responses that mediate mate choice, however, may have never been used in nonmating contexts. In the fiddler crab, Uca mjoebergi, mate‐searching females prefer faster wave rates and leading wave; however, it...

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Published in:Ecol Evol
Main Authors: Chou, Chun‐Chia, Backwell, Patricia R. Y.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4984518/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27551397
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2307
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