Agonistic interactions in male form II Cambarus robustus girard, 1852 crayfish (Decapoda, Cambaridae) and a comparison between male form I and form II intra-form contests

Crustaceana

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 720-736

  Guiaşu, Radu Cornel ^a   Dunham, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR; AGONISTIC INTERACTION; FRESHWATER CRAYFISH; INTRA-FORM CONTEST;

ASTACOIDEA; CAMBARIDAE; CAMBARUS ROBUSTUS; DECAPODA;

EID: 0030842618     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854097x00159     Document Type: Article

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