Hermit crabs, humans and crowded house markets

Biologist

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 270-274

  Barnes, David K A ^a,b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Frontier   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANOMURA; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANOMURA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS;

ANIMALIA; ANOMURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0036898371     PISSN: 00063347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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