The power of shell rapping influences rates of eviction in hermit crabs

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 288-293

  Briffa, Mark ^a   Elwood, Robert W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Agonistic behavior; Communication; Hermit crabs; Signal

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CRAB; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; SHELL;

EID: 0034113969     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.3.288     Document Type: Article

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