Prey-handling behaviour of Octopus vulgaris (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) on Bivalve preys

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-88

  Fiorito, G ^a   Gherardi, F ^b  

^a Laboratorio di Neurobiologia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Feeding behavior; Mollusca; Octopus; Predatory behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; MOLLUSC; PREDATOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; OCTOPUS; PREDATION; VIDEORECORDING;

BIVALVIA; CEPHALOPODA; OCTOPUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0032921018     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(99)00020-0     Document Type: Article

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