Intraspecific relationships of the hermit crab Diogenes pugilator: Predation and competition

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 439, Issue , 2000, Pages 43-48

  Tirelli, Tina ^a   Dappiano, Marco ^a   Maiorana, Giuseppe ^a   Pessani, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti predation adaptation; Food; Predation related to size; Predatory pressure

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CRAB; PREDATION;

EID: 0034668691     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004197518769     Document Type: Article

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