Effect of experience on predatory behaviour of dogwhelks

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1241-1249

  Rovero, Francesco ^a,b   Hughes, Roger N ^a,c   Chelazzi, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HANDLING TIME; MOLLUSC; PREDATION;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS EDULIS; NUCELLA; NUCELLA LAPILLUS; THORACICA;

EID: 0033029424     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1102     Document Type: Article

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