Abstracts - faqs.org

Abstracts

Zoology and wildlife conservation

Search abstracts:
Abstracts » Zoology and wildlife conservation

Asymmetry and fighting performance in the shore crab Carcinus maenas

Article Abstract:

Fluctuating asymmetry is often associated with developmental instability in some biological systems and it has been suggested that the fighting performance of asymmetric individuals is less than that of symmetric counterparts. A new study of shore crabs investigates the relationship between asymmetry and fighting performance. The study supports the theory that symmetric individuals outperform their asymmetric fellows when body size is taken into account.

Author: Swaddle, John P., Sneddon, Lynee U.
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1999
Research, Behavior, Symmetry (Biology), Aggressive behavior in animals, Animal aggression, Animal behavior

User Contributions:

Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:

CAPTCHA


How costly is fighting? Physiological effects of sustained exercise and fighting in swimming crabs, Necora puber (L.)(Brachyura, Portunidae)

Article Abstract:

The amount of tissue metabolites in haemolymph and muscle of male swimming crabs was measured to determine the physiological effects of sustained exercise and fighting. Crabs that had fought and those that had exercised had higher muscle glucose concentrations. Fighting caused the mobilization of energy reserves but the accumulation of end products of anaerobic respiration was limited.

Author: Taylor, Alan C., Huntingford, Felicity A., Thorpe, K. Elaine
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1995
Physiological aspects, Animal fighting

User Contributions:

Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:

CAPTCHA



Subjects list: Crabs
Similar abstracts:
  • Abstracts: Manoenergetic beams of relativistic electrons from intense laser-plasma interactions. Fast heating of ultrahigh-density plasma as a step towards laser fusion ignition
  • Abstracts: Genetic composition of wild turkeys in Kansas following decades of translocations. Verifying the origins of a reintroduced population of Gould's wild turkey
  • Abstracts: The function of post-insemination mate association in the bulb mite, Rhizoglyphus robini. Kin recognition in the acarid mite, Caloglyphus berlesei: negative evidence
  • Abstracts: Thermal influence on defensive behaviours of the Eastern garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis. Effects of vomeronasal system deafferentation on home range use in a naturalpopulaation of eastern garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis
  • Abstracts: Sexual selection in the Gulf Coast toad, Bufo valliceps: female choice based on variable characters. Sexual selection in the raucous toad, Bufo rangeri
This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.
Some parts © 2025 Advameg, Inc.