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Do weaponless males of the hermit crab Pagurus minutus give up contests without escalation? Behavior of intruders that lack their major cheliped in male–male contests
In dyadic contests, theoretical studies have predicted that weaker contestants are less likely to engage in fights to minimize the cost of aggression. Since the major cheliped of decapod crustaceans is critically important as a weapon, contestants without a major cheliped should be more likely to gi...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer Japan
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5080317/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27829701 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10164-016-0470-z |