Mudballing revisited: Further investigations into the construction behaviour of male Uca tangeri

Behaviour

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 221-234

  Burford, Fiona R L ^a   McGregor, Peter K ^a   Oliveira, Rui F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

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EID: 0035626059     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685390151074393     Document Type: Article

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