The feeding behaviour and competition for carrion between two sympatric scavengers on a sandy shore in Hong Kong: The gastropod, Nassarius festivus (Powys) and the hermit crab, Diogenes edwardsii (De Haan)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-29

  Morton, Brian ^a   Yuen, W Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Competition; Diogenes edwardsii; Feeding behaviour; Interactions; Nassarius festivus; Scavengers

Indexed keywords

CARRION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SCAVENGER;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPETITION; CRAB; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPOD; HONG KONG; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN;

CHINA;

ANOMURA; DECAPODA; DIOGENES EDWARDSII; GASTROPODA; NASSARIUS FESTIVUS;

EID: 0034732045     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(99)00170-7     Document Type: Article

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