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Burrow tenure in the fiddler crab Uca capricornis
Crabs sometimes vacate their territories due to continued harassment by their neighbours. To determine whether male-female pairs were longer lasting than male-male pairs, we... -
Parent Record: Social monogamy in the fiddler crab Uca capricornis
Fiddler crabs are not generally considered subjects for the study of monogamy as they tend to live in dense mixed sex colonies with numerous neighbours and individually defended... -
Neighbour-stranger relations in the fiddler crab Uca capricornis
A unique relationship exists between neighbouring males and females in the fiddler crab Uca capricornis. This experiment was designed to demonstrate how a male fiddler crab... -
Daily colour changes associated with the fiddler crab, Uca capricornis
The purpose of this experiment was to examine the daily colour changes in relation to the tidal cycle in the fiddler crab, Uca capricornis. Experiments were conducted in the... -
Size-assortative pairing in the fiddler crab Uca capricornis
A unique relationship exists between neighbouring males and females in the fiddler crab Uca capricornis. This experiment was designed to examine whether the nearest female or... -
Social monogamy in the fiddler crab Uca capricornis: The response of paired...
A unique relationship exists between neighbouring males and females in the fiddler crab Uca capricornis. This experiment was designed to determine if males and females are... -
The fiddler crab Uca mjoebergi uses colour vision in mate choice
The walking legs, carapaces and chelae of ocypodid crabs, particularly the well-studied fiddler crabs, are often brilliantly coloured. However, despite this array of colours... -
Rapid colour changes associated with the fiddler crab, Uca capricornis
The purpose of this experiment was to quantitatively examine the rapid colour changes associated with the fiddler crab, Uca capricornis. Experiments were conducted in the East... -
Quantifying colour patterns on the black carapace of the fiddler crab Uca capricornis
Fiddler crabs are often spectacularly coloured and capable of dramatic colour changes. While the adaptive significance of variation resulting from short- or long-term colour... -
Natural male-female interactions and territoriality in the fiddler crab Uca...
The behaviour of U. capricornis is not well-known. Consequently, observations were made for approximately 1100 hours over 4 seasons to obtain a general picture of their social... -
Visually mediated species recognition in the fiddler crab Uca mjoebergi
Mating signals are often directed at numerous senses, and provide information about species identity, gender, receptiveness, individual identity and mate quality. Male fiddler... -
Colour changes associated with moulting in the fiddler crab, Uca capricornis
The purpose of the experiment was to quantitatively examine the colour changes associated with moulting in the fiddler crab, Uca capricornis. Experiments were conducted in the... -
The use of claw colour and pattern for species recognition in the fiddler...
In the fiddler crab Uca mjoebergi, males attract females to their burrows by waving their enlarged yellow claw. Colour is clearly involved in species recognition in U.... -
Visually mediated neighbour recognition in the fiddler crab Uca capricornis
Mating signals are often directed at numerous senses, and provide information about species identity, gender, receptiveness, individual identity and mate quality. Given the... -
Sex ratio and distribution within a large population of the fiddler crab Uca...
The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether females may be a limited resource within a population of Uca capricornis. The experiment was part of a larger study... -
Colour changes associated with the semilunar cycle in the fiddler crab, Uca...
The purpose of the experiment was to examine the colour changes associated with the semilunar cycle in the fiddler crab, Uca capricornis. Experiments were conducted in the East...
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