Fiddler crab

Female preference for male phenotypic traits in a fiddler crab: do females use absolute or comparative evaluation?

Leeann T. Reaney

Citations: 86 • 2008

Experiments with robots explain synchronized courtship in fiddler crabs

Leeann T. Reaney, Rachel A. Sims, Stephen W.M. Sims, Michael D. Jennions, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 84 • 2008

Experimental evidence for a seasonal shift in the strength of a female mating preference

Richard N. C. Milner, Tanya Detto, Michael D. Jennions, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 69 • 2010

Female fiddler crabs settle for less: the travel costs of mate choice

Isobel Booksmythe, Tanya Detto, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 61 • 2008

Weapons or mating signals? Claw shape and mate choice in a fiddler crab

Sophia Callander, Andrew T. Kahn, Tim Maricic, Michael D. Jennions, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 28 • 2013

Experimental evidence that immediate neighbors affect male attractiveness

Sophia Callander, Catherine L. Hayes, Michael D. Jennions, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 25 • 2012

Female preferences for timing in a fiddler crab with synchronous courtship waving displays

Andrew T. Kahn, Luke Holman, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 22 • 2014

Robotic crabs reveal that female fiddler crabs are sensitive to changes in male display rate

Sophie L. Mowles, Michael D. Jennions, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 18 • 2018

The role of claw color in species recognition and mate choice in a fiddler crab

M. Dyson, Daniela M. Perez, Anthony Curran, Erin L. McCullough, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 14 • 2020

Faster male displays and less complex choice are more attractive to female fiddler crabs as they reduce search costs

Fábio H. C. Sanches, Tânia Márcia Costa, Rodrigo Egydio Barreto, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 8 • 2017

Fiddlers on the roof: elevation muddles mate choice in fiddler crabs

Luke Holman, Andrew T. Kahn, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 7 • 2014

Selection for conspicuous visual signals in a fiddler crab

Daniela M. Perez, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 6 • 2019

Why signal if you are not attractive? Courtship synchrony in a fiddler crab

Lauren M. Harrison, Gabriela C. Melo, Daniela M. Perez, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 5 • 2021

Fiddler crab claws work as a deflection antipredator defence

Diogo Jackson Aquino Silva, Samuel B. Powell, Marilia Fernandes Erickson, Fabio Cortesi, Daniel Marques Almeida Pessoa, Karen L. Cheney

Citations: 4 • 2025

Non-independent mate choice in a fiddler crab: a case of stimulus enhancement

Richard N. C. Milner, Michael D. Jennions, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 4 • 2011

Burrow-centric distance-estimation methods inspired by surveillance behavior of fiddler crabs

Seung-Eun Yu, DaeEun Kim

Citations: 3 • 2012

Predator Evasion by a Robocrab

Theodoros Stouraitis, Evripidis Gkanias, Jan M. Hemmi, Barbara Webb

Citations: 3 • 2017

Male spacing and female choice in a fiddler crab

Daniela M. Perez, Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Citations: 2 • 2019