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Does Size Matter? The Case of the Courtship Pyramids in Red Sea Ghost Crabs (Ocypode saratan)

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Male ghost crabs (Ocypode spp.) are known to build sand structures near the entrance to their burrows. It has always been assumed that the structure played a role in sexual selection and mate attraction. We hypothesized that the larger males would make relatively larger pyramids in o...

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Autores principales: Yosef, Reuven, Korkos, Michal, Kosicki, Jakub Z.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8698000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34944314
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11123541