Weapon size versus body size as a predictor of winning in fights between shore crabs, Carcinus maenas (L.)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 237-242

  Sneddon, Lynne U ^a   Huntingford, Felicity A ^a   Taylor, Alan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agonistic behaviour; Carcinus maenas; Relative size; Resource holding potential; Shore crab

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOUR; BODY SIZE; FIGHTING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SHORE CRAB; WEAPON SIZE;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA;

EID: 0030732396     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050384     Document Type: Article

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