Dr Candice Lauren Bywater
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Biological Sciences
Journal Articles
Bywater, Candice L., Wilson, Robbie S., Monro, Keyne and White, Craig R. (2018). Legs of male fiddler crabs evolved to compensate for claw exaggeration and enhance claw functionality during waving displays. Evolution, 72 (11), 2491-2502. doi: 10.1111/evo.13617
Bywater, Candice L., Seebacher, Frank and Wilson, Robbie S. (2015). Building a dishonest signal: the functional basis of unreliable signals of strength in males of the two-toned fiddler crab, Uca vomeris. Journal of Experimental Biology, 218 (19), 3077-3082. doi: 10.1242/jeb.120857
Bywater, Candice L., White, Craig R. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2014). Metabolic incentives for dishonest signals of strength in the fiddler crab Uca vomeris. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217 (16), 2848-2850. doi: 10.1242/jeb.099390
Bywater, Candice L. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2012). Is honesty the best policy? Testing signal reliability in fiddler crabs when receiver-dependent costs are high. Functional Ecology, 26 (4), 804-811. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02002.x
David, Gwendolyn K., Condon, Catriona H., Bywater, Candice L., Ortiz-Barrientos, Daniel and Wilson, Robbie S. (2011). Receivers limit the prevalence of deception in humans: Evidence from diving behaviour in humans. PLoS One, 6 (10) e26017, e26017-1-e26017-5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026017
Wilson, RS, James, RS, Bywater, C and Seebacher, F (2009). Costs and benefits of increased weapon size differ between sexes of the slender crayfish, Cherax dispar. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212 (6), 853-858. doi: 10.1242/jeb.024547
Bywater, C.L., Angilletta Jr, M.J. and Wilson, R. S. (2008). Weapon size is a reliable indicator of strength and social dominance in female slender crayfish (Cherax dispar). Functional Ecology, 22 (2), 311-316. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01379.x
Conference Papers
Bywater, CL, White, C and Wilson, RS (2012). It's costly to be honest: the metabolic expense of maintaining a reliable signal of strength for crustaceans. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology (SICB), Charleston Sc, Jan 03-07, 2012.
Bywater, C. L., James, C. and Mcelroy, E. (2012). Morphological determinants of aggression and fighting success in two species of Callinetes. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), Charleston, SC, United States, 3- 7 January 2012. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/ics079
Bywater, C. L., White, C. and Wilson, R. S. (2011). The physiological basis of dishonest signals of strength in males of the fiddler crab Uca vomeris.. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, Salt Lake City Ut, Jan 03-07, 2011. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
Bywater, C. L. and Wilson, R. S. (2010). Costs and benefits of unreliable signalling in males of the two-toned fiddler crab (Uca vomeris). Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, Seattle Wa, Jan 03-07, 2010. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
Bywater, C. L. and Wilson, R. S. (2010). Competition drives the reliability of signalling in the two-toned fiddler crab (Uca vomeris).. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, Seattle Wa, Jan 03-07, 2010. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
Angilletta, M. J., Jr., Bywater, C. L. and Wilson, R. S. (2007). Clawing your way to the top: Variation, repeatability, and social benefits of chela strength in slender crayfish. NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.06.043
Wilson, R., Bywater, C., Angilletta, M., James, R. and Navas, C. (2007). Honest and dishonest signals of strength in Australian slender crayfish (Cherax dispar): Are male's liars and cheaters?. Annual Main Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, Glasgow, Scotland, 31 March - 4 April 2007. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.01.215
Thesis
Bywater, Candice Lauren (2012). Signals of strength in crustaceans. PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland.