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Male mate choice and male-male competition in the hermit crab Pagurus nigrofascia: importance of female quality

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Title: Male mate choice and male-male competition in the hermit crab Pagurus nigrofascia: importance of female quality
Authors: Suzuki, Yutaro Browse this author
Yasuda, Chiaki Browse this author
Takeshita, Fumio Browse this author
Wada, Satoshi Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Issue Date: Sep-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Journal Title: Marine Biology
Volume: 159
Issue: 9
Start Page: 1991
End Page: 1996
Publisher DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-1986-6
Abstract: Male mate choice has recently been reported in some animals with male-male competition. In the laboratory, we examined whether males choose their mates based on female quality that was indicated by body size and/or days to prenuptial molt, and the effects of female quality on male-male competition in the hermit crab Pagurus nigrofascia. We collected samples from April to May 2009 at an intertidal shore in Hokkaido, Japan (41°N, 140°E). When a male simultaneously encountered two receptive females in the mate choice experiment, males chose females which require less time to molt. When a male guarding a female with less time to molt was challenged by an intruder, the guarding male defended the female for a longer period and was more likely to win the contest. These results indicate that male P. nigrofascia use time to molt to discriminate between females.
Rights: The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
Type: article (author version)
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/53171
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