Geographic variation in camouflage specialization by a decorator crab

American Naturalist

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-71

  Stachowicz, John J ^a,b,d   Hay, Mark E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decorator crabs; Geographic comparison; Intraspecific variation; Local specialization; Plant herbivore interactions; Seaweeds

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CONCEALMENT BEHAVIOR; CRAB; EPIBIOSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA; DICTYOTA MENSTRUALIS; HYMENIACIDON HELIOPHILA; LIBINIA DUBIA;

EID: 0034082041     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303366     Document Type: Article

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