Predator avoidance strategies of the crayfish Orconectes virilis

Crustaceana

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 400-412

  Mitchell, Brian ^a   Hazlett, Brian A ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORCONECTES VIRILIS; ASTACIDEA; ORCONECTES PROPINQUUS;

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOUR; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE;

EID: 0029663475     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854096X00998     Document Type: Article

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