Dishonest signalling of fighting ability and multiple performance traits in the fiddler crab  Uca mjoebergi

Lailvaux, Simon P.; Reaney, Leeann; Backwell, Patricia

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Dishonest signalling of fighting ability and multiple performance traits in the fiddler crab Uca mjoebergi

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2009

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Lailvaux, Simon P.

Reaney, Leeann

Backwell, Patricia

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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1. Signals used during male combat are expected to be honest indicators of fighting ability. However, recent studies show that dishonesty in male signalling is more prevalent than previously believed. 2. Here we show that regenerated (leptochelous) claws

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Functional Ecology

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10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01501.x

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