Ecology of tropical hermit crabs (crustacea decapoda) at quirimba island, mozambique: A multivariate assemblage perspective

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 197-209

  De Grave, S ^a   Barnes, D K A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Frontier   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assemblage structure; Ecology; Hermit crabs; Macrohabitat segregation; Mozambique

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035736825     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2001.10531152     Document Type: Article

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