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Einhorn Research
Jun 30, 2010, 9:15:06 PM6/30/10
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This evening Mike R. and I were discussing the purpose of male fiddler
crab claw displays. We were following up on a conversation that took
place while we were out by the marsh on Prudence this afternoon. Found
the following article that I thought might be of interest and answer
some questions.
http://richard.eriophora.com.au/pubs/pdf/HowHemmiZeilPeters-07.pdf
MARTIN J. HOW, JAN M. HEMMI, JOCHEN ZEIL & RICHARD PETERS, Claw waving
display changes with receiver distance in fiddler crabs, Uca perplexa,
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 2008, 75, 1015-1022.
(Please forgive the poor citation formatting. Just did some quick
copying and pasting.)
crab claw displays. We were following up on a conversation that took
place while we were out by the marsh on Prudence this afternoon. Found
the following article that I thought might be of interest and answer
some questions.
http://richard.eriophora.com.au/pubs/pdf/HowHemmiZeilPeters-07.pdf
MARTIN J. HOW, JAN M. HEMMI, JOCHEN ZEIL & RICHARD PETERS, Claw waving
display changes with receiver distance in fiddler crabs, Uca perplexa,
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 2008, 75, 1015-1022.
(Please forgive the poor citation formatting. Just did some quick
copying and pasting.)
Kit Van Wagner
Jul 1, 2010, 5:47:52 AM7/1/10
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