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BEHAVIOUR
卷 159, 期 11, 页码 1045-1062出版社
BRILL
DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-bja10165
关键词
mate choice; fiddler crabs; Austrucaperplexa; direct benefit; indirect benefit; male signalling; breeding burrow characteristics
资金
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University, Thailand
- Nara University of Education, Japan
Females often choose mates based on their courtship signals, but the reasons for this selection are often unclear. In the fiddler crab Austruca perplexa, male signals (major-claw waving rates) were found to be correlated with the characteristics of their defended resources (breeding burrows width and depth). By using these signals, females can predict the quality of the burrows and decide whether to inspect them. The honesty of these signals is beneficial for both sexes and can easily evolve in their signaling system.
Females often choose mates based on their courtship signals. Males may signal their heritable genetic quality, defended resources, or parental care efforts; however, the reasons why females choose males based on their signals are often not clear. Here, we show that, in the fiddler crab Austruca perplexa, male signals (major-claw waving rates) were correlated with important char-acteristics of their defended resources (width and depth of breeding burrows). By using the male signals, females may be able to roughly predict the burrow quality and decide whether to enter and check the burrow characteristics. The signals are predicted to be honest because the female's final decision is based on burrow quality. Since females can reject males if their burrow quality is insufficient for breeding, the courtship efforts of deceptive males will be dismissed. The honesty of the signals is beneficial for both sexes and thus easily evolved in their signalling system.
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