Comparative analysis of food-finding behavior of an herbivorous and a carnivorous land snail

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 199-205

  Shearer, Alyssa ^a   Atkinson, James W ^b  

^a Logan Hocking School District   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detour behavior; Trail following

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATA ALTERNATA; ANGUISPIRA ALTERNATA; DAUCUS CAROTA; GASTROPODA; HAPLOTREMA CONCAVUM; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 0035536849     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2001.tb00030.x     Document Type: Article

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