2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Mate choice of hermit crabs: do they use social information due to encountering other individuals
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25440228
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Ecology/Environment
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| Research Institution | Hokkaido University |
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Principal Investigator |
Wada Satoshi 北海道大学, 水産科学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (40325402)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 行動 / 繁殖 / 配偶者選択 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The following two hypotheses were examined in Pagurus hermit crabs; (1) males choose their mates with using social information due to encoutering other crabs, and (2) males choose their mates with using private information due to encoutering other crabs. We found that frequency of encountering a female were used as private information indicating the encounter frequency of the female in a species, but not as social information indicating encounter frequency of females, and that males tend to overestimate the quality of females pairing with other males.
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| Free Research Field |
動物生態学
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