Digestive strategies in two species of leaf-eating land crabs (Brachyura: Gecarcinidae) in a rain forest

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-44

  Greenaway, Peter ^a   Raghaven, Supriya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETARY OVERLAP; DIGESTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; LAND CRAB; LEAF LITTER; LEAF QUALITY; RAINFOREST;

CHRISTMAS ISLAND; INDIAN OCEAN;

CARDISOMA HIRTIPES; DECAPODA; GECAROCOIDEA NATALIS;

EID: 0031882958     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515882     Document Type: Article

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