Individual recognition and memory in lobster dominance

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1553-1560

  Karavanich, Christa ^a   Atema, Jelle ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FIGHTING; MEMORY; RECOGNITION;

HOMARUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0032449024     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0914     Document Type: Article

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