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Mating success of male hermit crabs in shell generalist and shell specialist species

dc.contributor.authorHazlett, Brian A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-09-11T18:19:53Z
dc.date.available2006-09-11T18:19:53Z
dc.date.issued1989-08en_US
dc.identifier.citationHazlett, Brian A.; (1989). "Mating success of male hermit crabs in shell generalist and shell specialist species." Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 25(2): 119-128. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/46893>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0340-5443en_US
dc.identifier.issn1432-0762en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/46893
dc.description.abstractThe reproductive behavior of two species of diogenid hermit crabs was studied in Hawaii. In the shell generalist, Clibanarius zebra , male reproductive success varied little with size, although the largest males were less successful in obtaining copulations than were medium-large males. Male and female size were positively correlated, in successful pairs, thus larger males had the potential to fertilize more eggs when they were successful in obtaining a copulation. Female fecundity in C. zebra was not affected by species of gastropod shell inhabited once female size was taken into account. Male copulatory success was very strongly influenced by the species of gastropod shell inhabited. Males in Trochus or Nerita shells had greatly reduced reproductive success compared to males in Turbo or Nassarius shells. This result was due both to (1) males in Trochus especially dropping and otherwise poorly handling females during precopulatory behavior and (2) females not responding to precopulatory behavior patterns executed by males in Trochus and Nerita . Transferring males from “good” to “bad” shapes of shells and vice versa showed that male success was a function of shell type inhabited and not some correlated feature of the crabs. In the shell specialist, Calcinus seurati , which is found primarily in Nerita shells as an adult, males in Nerita shells were quite successful in obtaining copulations.en_US
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dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherSpringer-Verlagen_US
dc.subject.otherLife Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.otherZoologyen_US
dc.subject.otherBehavioural Sciencesen_US
dc.titleMating success of male hermit crabs in shell generalist and shell specialist speciesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEcology and Evolutionary Biologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Biology, University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampusAnn Arboren_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/46893/1/265_2004_Article_BF00302928.pdfen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00302928en_US
dc.identifier.sourceBehavioral Ecology and Sociobiologyen_US
dc.owningcollnameInterdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed


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