Dominance hierarchy formation in juvenile crayfish Procambarus clarkii

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3497-3506

  Issa, Fadi A ^a   Adamson, Daniel J ^a,b   Edwards, Donald H ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attack; Behaviour; Crayfish; Dominance; Escape; Hierarchy; Procamb arus clarkii; Retreat; Tailflip

Indexed keywords

PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 0033403442     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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