Orientation during short-range feeding in the crab Dotilla wichmanni

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 461-468

  Luschi, P ^a   Del Seppia, C ^a   Crosio, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Ctro Stud per Faunistica ed E   (Italy)

Author keywords

Feeding behaviour; Landmarks; Ocypodidae; Orientation; Polarized light

Indexed keywords

DOTILLA WICHMANNI;

EID: 0030725417     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050129     Document Type: Article

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