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Food availability in beach and marsh habitats and the size of the fiddler crab claw, a sexually selected weapon and signal by McLain, Denson K., Pratt, Ann E.

“…Males of the sand fiddler crab Uca pugilator possess a greatly enlarged claw that is used as a weapon in ritualized contests for control of breeding burrows…”
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Body and Claw Size At Autotomy Affect the Morphology of Regenerated Claws of the Sand Fiddler Crab, Uca pugilator by McLain, Denson Kelly, Pratt, Ann E

“…Sand fiddler crab males, Uca pugilator (Brachyura: Ocypodidae), use their single enlarged claw as a weapon in fights for burrows and as a signal to attract…”
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The opportunity for and intensity of sexual selection in a seed bug depend on host plant dispersion by McLain, Denson K., Pratt, Ann E.

“…In fields of the coastal plain of Georgia (USA), the seed bug, Neacoryphus bicrucis, feeds and mates exclusively on ragwort. The distribution of ragwort,…”
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The importance of strength and stamina varies with ownership status in sand fiddler crab contests for breeding burrows by McLain, Denson K., Pratt, Ann E., Logue, Jordan, Barke, Rhiana

“…In sand fiddler crabs, Uca pugilator, contests between residents and intruders for breeding burrows often escalate to forceful pinching. In these contests, we…”
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How dear is my enemy: Intruder-resident and resident-resident encounters in male sand fiddler crabs (Uca pugilator) by Pratt, Ann E., McLain, Denson Kelly

“…AbstractMale sand fiddler crabs (Uca pugilator) defend territories that consist of a breeding burrow and a display area where they wave their claw to attract…”
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Claw-pinching force of sand fiddler crabs in relation to activity and the lunar cycle by McLain, Denson K., Logue, Jordan, Pratt, Ann E., McBrayer, Lance D.

“…Male sand fiddler crabs, Uca pugilator (Ocypodidae), possess a single enlarged claw that is used in ritualized contests over breeding burrows. Ability to close…”
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Size dependence of courtship effort may promote male choice and strong assortative mating in soldier beetles by McLain, Denson K., Pratt, Ann E., Shure, Donald J.

“…Large males of the soldier beetle, Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Cantharidae), exercise choice for larger females in the field and laboratory. The length of…”
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Male and Female Soldier Beetles Relax Choice for Mate Quality Across Daily Courtship Periods by Pratt, Ann E., Shure, Donald J., McLain, Denson K., Banderet, Katrina, Hebets, E.

“…Mutual mate choice occurs when members of each sex will reject some potential mates in efforts to encounter better prospects later. The decision to reject may…”
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Population structure of the Atlantic sand fiddler crab Uca pugilator along the eastern coast of US revealed by molecular data by Weese, David A., Mclain, Denson K., Pratt, Ann E., Fang, Quentin Q.

“…The Atlantic sand fiddler crab Uca pugilator is an extremely abundant crab found along the eastern coast of the United States. Fiddler crabs have a life cycle…”
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Asymmetry of leg size and differential leg usage in the sand fiddler crab, Uca pugilator by McLain, Denson Kelly, Pratt, Ann E

“…In fiddler crabs, males develop profound left-right asymmetry as a large claw grows opposite a small feeding appendage. Females are symmetrical, with paired…”
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The assessment game in sand fiddler crab contests for breeding burrows by Pratt, Ann E., McLain, D.Kelly, Lathrop, Grace R.

“…The single enlarged claw of male sand fiddler crabs, Uca pugilator, is used in contests for control of breeding burrows. The larger of the two contestants has…”
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Intrageneric Predation by Fiddler Crabs in South Carolina by Pratt, Ann E, McLain, Denson Kelly, Kirschstein, Khrystel

“…Abstract In South Carolina, two species of fiddler crab, Uca pugilator and U. pugnax, often feed in droves on the sand flats of smooth cordgrass salt marshes…”
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cost of sexual coercion and heterospecific sexual harassment on the fecundity of a host-specific, seed-eating insect (Neacoryphus bicrucis) by Kelly, D, McLain, D.K, Pratt, A.E

“…Two species of seed-eating true bugs, Neacoryphus bicrucis (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) and Margus obscurator (Heteroptera: Coreidae) co-occur on ragwort, Senecio…”
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Ascription of resemblance of newborns by parents and nonrelatives by McLain, D.Kelly, Setters, Deanna, Moulton, Michael P, Pratt, Ann E

“…It has been hypothesized that human females ascribe the resemblance of their infants to the father or his relatives to promote assurance of paternity…”
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Predator-driven fragmentation of fiddler crab droves into selfish miniherds of biased composition by McLain, Denson Kelly, Pratt, Ann E., Kirschstein, Khrystel

“…An explanation for animal groups is the selfish herd, characterized by aggregation as each member tries to shield itself from a predator by moving into a tight…”
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Variation in the Boldness of Courting Sand Fiddler Crabs (Uca pugilator) by Pratt, Ann E., McLain, Denson K., Berry, Allison S.

“…Individuals can express boldness in their readiness to resume courtship signaling following a perceived threat. The degree of boldness that is selectively…”
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Predation by red-jointed fiddler crabs on congeners: interaction between body size and positive allometry of the sexually selected claw by McLain, Denson K., Pratt, Ann E., Berry, Allison S.

“…The enlarged (major) claw of male fiddler crabs is used in contests over breeding burrows and is waved to attract females. We recently discovered that males of…”
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Intrageneric Predation by Fiddler Crabs in South Carolina by Pratt, Ann E, McLain, Denson Kelly, Kirschstein, Khrystel

“…Abstract In South Carolina, two species of fiddler crab, Uca pugilator and U. pugnax, often feed in droves on the sand flats of smooth cordgrass salt marshes…”
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INTRAGENERIC PREDATION BY FIDDLER CRABS IN SOUTH CAROLINA by Pratt, Ann E, McLain, Denson Kelly, Kirschstein, Khrystel

“…In South Carolina, two species of fiddler crab, Uca pugilator and U. pugnax, often feed in droves on the sand flats of smooth cordgrass salt marshes. Another…”
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New pleistocene (Rancholabrean) vertebrate faunas from coastal Georgia by Hulbert, Richard C., Pratt, Ann E.

“…Four new late Pleistocene faunas have been collected in Chatham County, Georgia, in the vicinity of Savannah. Together they have produced 103 vertebrate taxa…”
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