Homing in fiddler crabs (Uca lactea annulipes and Uca vomeris: Ocypodidae)

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

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 367-377

  Zeil, J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fiddler crabs; Homing; Path integration; Uca lactea annulipes; Uca vomeris

Indexed keywords

UCA LACTEA; UCA VOMERIS;

EID: 0031698116     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050263     Document Type: Article

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