Acoustic calling in four species of ghost crabs: ocypode jousseaumei, o. platytarsus, o. rotundata and o. saratan (brachyura: Ocypodidae)

Bioacoustics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-55

  Clayton, David ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Acoustic calling; Ocypode; Rapping; Stridulation

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; CRAB; SIGNALING;

DECAPODA; OCYPODE JOUSSEAUMEI; OCYPODE PLATYTARSUS; OCYPODE ROTUNDATA; OCYPODE SARATAN; OCYPODIDAE;

EID: 0035728606     PISSN: 09524622     EISSN: 21650586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2001.9753477     Document Type: Article

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