Analysis of the finescale timing of repeated signals: Does shell rapping in hermit crabs signal stamina?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 159-165

  Briffa, Mark ^a   Elwood, Robert W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; FITNESS; SIGNAL;

DECAPODA; PAGURUS BERNHARDUS;

EID: 0033982240     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1273     Document Type: Article

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