Movement patterns of river crabs (Decapoda, Potamoidea) in the field: Predictable and unpredictable components

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 247-259

  Barbaresi, S ^a   Gherardi, F ^a   Vannini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); POTAMOIDEA; POTAMON; POTAMON FLUVIATILE; DECAPODA;

ACTIVITY RHYTHM; FRESHWATER CRAB; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT;

ITALY, TUSCANY;

EID: 0030616717     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb05800.x     Document Type: Article

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