Branch-fidelity in the tree crab Sesarma leptosoma (Decapoda, Grapsidae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 238, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 795-801

  Cannicci, S ^a   Ruwa, R K ^b   Ritossa, S ^a   Vannini, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SESARMA LEPTOSOMA; DECAPODA; GRAPSIDAE; RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA;

ACTIVITY PATTERNS; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; FEEDING-SITE FIDELITY; MANGROVE; SITE FIDELITY; TREE CLIMBING; TREE CRAB;

AFRICA, (EAST);

EID: 0029668485     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05431.x     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Beever, J. W., III, Simberloff, D. & King, L. L. (1979). Herbivory and predation by the mangrove tree crab Aratus pisonii. Oecologia 43: 317-328.
2. Cannicci, S., Ritossa, S., Ruwa, R. K. & Vannini, M. (In press). Tree-fidelity and hole-fidelity in the tree crab Sesarma leptosoma (Decapoda, Grapsidae). J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol.
3. Dahdouh-Guebas, F., Giuggioli, M., Oluoch, A., Vannini, M. & Cannicci, S. (In press). A note on the feeding habits of non ocypodid mangrove crabs from Kenya. Senckenb. biol.
4. Green, J. L. (1986). Biology of Aratus elegans. MSc thesis, University of North Wales.
5. Hartnoll, R. G. (1965). Notes on the marine grapsid crabs of Jamaica. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. 176: 113-147
6. Papi, F. (1992). General aspects. In Animal homing: 1-18. Papi, F. (Ed.). London, New York, Tokyo, Melbourne, Madras: Chapman & Hall.
7. Sivasothi, N., Murphy, D. H. & Ng, P. K. L. (In press). Tree-climbing and herbivory of crabs in the Singapore mangroves. In Proceedings of a Workshop on Mangrove Fisheries Connections. Sasekumar, A. (Ed.). Perak, Malaysia
8. Vannini, M., Cannicci, S. & Ruwa, R. K. (1995). Effect of light intensity on the vertical migrations of the tree crab, Sesarma leptosoma (Decapoda, Grapsidae). J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol. 185: 181-189.
9. Vannini, M. & Ruwa, R. K. (1994). Vertical migrations in the tree crab Sesarma leptosoma (Decapoda, Grapsidae). Mar. Biol., Berlin 118: 271-278.
10. Vannini, M., Ruwa, R. K. & Oluoch, A. (In press). The tree-climbing crabs of Kenya (Crustacea: Decapoda). In Mangrove ecosystem: case studies in Latin America and Africa. Kjerfve, B., De Lacerda, L. & Diop, E. S. (Eds). UNESCO Technical Papers in Marine Sciences.
11. Von Hagen, H.-O. (1977). The tree-climbing crabs of Trinidad. Stud. Fauna Curaçao 54: 25-59.
12. Warner, G. F. (1967). The life history of the mangrove tree crab, Aratus pisonii. J. Zool., Lond. 153: 321-335.