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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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Autores principales: Yasuda, Chiaki I., Koga, Tsunenori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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