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List of works by Patricia Backwell

A farewell to arms: males with regenerated claws fight harder over resources

Aggressive interactions and intermale spacing in choruses of the leaf-folding frog, Afrixalus delicatus

journal article; published in African Zoology in 1990

Animal behaviour: coalition among male fiddler crabs

scientific article published on 01 July 2004

Choosing a mate in a high predation environment: Female preference in the fiddler crab Uca terpsichores

scientific article

Cleaning Up After a Meal: The Consequences of Prey Disposal for Pit-Building Antlion Larvae

Colouration and colour changes of the fiddler crab, Uca capricornis: a descriptive study

scientific article

Context-dependent male mate choice: the effects of competitor presence and competitor size

article

Dishonest signalling of fighting ability and multiple performance traits in the fiddler crabUca mjoebergi

scientific article published in 2009

Does male reproductive effort increase with age? Courtship in fiddler crabs.

scientific article published on 16 January 2013

Does the environmental context of a signalling male influence his attractiveness?

Eavesdropping in crabs: an agency for lady detection

scientific article

Ectoparasites modify escape behaviour, but not performance, in a coral reef fish

Estimating genetic benefits of polyandry from experimental studies: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 5 May 2011

Even Weak Males Help Their Neighbours: Defence Coalitions in a Fiddler Crab

article by Jessica Bolton et al published 3 October 2011 in Ethology

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

article

Experiments with robots explain synchronized courtship in fiddler crabs.

scientific article published in January 2008

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

article by Fábio Henrique Carretero Sanches et al published February 2017 in Animal Behaviour

Female choice over short and long distances: neighbour effects

scientific article published in 2011

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

Fiddler crabs

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Functional Partitioning in the Two-Part Call of the Leaf-Folding Frog, Afrixalus brachycnemis

scientific article published in 1988

How do weaponless male fiddler crabs avoid aggression?

article

Interspecific assistance: fiddler crabs help heterospecific neighbours in territory defence

scientific article

Investigating the ‘dear enemy’ phenomenon in the territory defence of the fiddler crab, Uca mjoebergi

article published in 2010

Keeping up appearances: male fiddler crabs wave faster in a crowd.

scientific article

Know thine enemy’s neighbor: neighbor size affects floaters’ choice of whom to fight

article

Ladies First: Coerced Mating in a Fiddler Crab

scientific article

Male fiddler crabs defend multiple burrows to attract additional females

scientific article published in 2011

Male fiddler crabs prefer conspecific females during simultaneous, but not sequential, mate choice

Male tawny dragons use throat patterns to recognize rivals.

scientific article published on 19 September 2012

Morphometric measurements of dragonfly wings: the accuracy of pinned, scanned and detached measurement methods

scientific article

Multimodal communication in courting fiddler crabs reveals male performance capacities.

scientific article

Nesting Success in Crimson Finches: Chance or Choice?

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

scientific article published in 2011

Polyandry in the Leaf-Folding Frog, Afrixalus delicatus

scientific article published in 1990

Predictors of aggressive response towards simulated intruders depend on context and sex in Crimson Finches (Neochmia phaeton).

scientific article published on 31 January 2017

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

scientific article published in January 2018

Safe sex: male-female coalitions and pre-copulatory mate-guarding in a fiddler crab

scientific article

Sonic Complexity and Mate Localization in the Leaf-Folding Frog, Afrixalus delicatus

scientific article published in 1991

Suitable Approach Perches Affect Female Phonotaxis in an Arboreal Frog

scientific article published in 1990

Synchronized courtship in fiddler crabs

scientific article published in Nature

Synchronous waving in fiddler crabs: a review

scientific article published on 07 July 2018

Synchronous waving in two species of fiddler crabs

article

The cost of living in mixed species populations: A fiddler crab example

scientific article published in 2018

The cost of reliable signaling: experimental evidence for predictable variation among males in a cost-benefit trade-off between sexually selected traits.

scientific article

The effect of claw size and wave rate on female choice in a fiddler crab

article

The effects of neighbor familiarity and size on cooperative defense of fiddler crab territories

scientific article published in 2011

The role of pigment based plumage traits in resolving conflicts

article

Visually mediated species and neighbour recognition in fiddler crabs (Uca mjoebergi and Uca capricornis).

scientific article published in July 2006

When and why do territorial coalitions occur? Experimental evidence from a fiddler crab

scientific article

Why do ovigerous females approach courting males? Female preferences and sensory biases in a fiddler crab

scientific article published on 10 July 2016

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