Agonistic contests in male Form I Cambarus bartonii bartonii (Fabricius, 1798) (Decapoda, Cambaridae) crayfish and a comparison with contests of the same type in Cambarus robustus Girard, 1852

Crustaceana

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1079-1091

  Guiaşu, Radu Cornel ^a   Dunham, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CRAYFISH; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MALE BEHAVIOR;

ASTACOIDEA; CAMBARIDAE; CAMBARUS BARTONII; CAMBARUS ROBUSTUS; DECAPODA; FABRICIUS;

EID: 0033495924     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854099504031     Document Type: Article

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