Variability in trail-following and aggregation in Nodilittorina unifasciata Gray

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-71

  Chapman, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Behaviour; Gastropod; Intertidal; Variability

Indexed keywords

SMALL PERIWINKLE; SMALL PERWINKLE; TRAIL FOLLOWING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASHORE; SNAIL;

GASTROPODA; NODILITTORINA UNIFASCIATA;

EID: 0032104794     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00169-X     Document Type: Article

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