Ecology of subtropical hermit crabs in SW Madagascar: Refuge-use and dynamic niche overlap

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 238, Issue , 2002, Pages 163-172

  Barnes, David K A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Coenobita; DCA; Detrended correspondence analysis; Littoral burrowing; Niche dynamism

Indexed keywords

CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CRAB; NICHE OVERLAP; REFUGE; SYMPATRY;

MADAGASCAR;

COENOBITA; COENOBITA CAVIPES; COENOBITA PSEUDORUGOSUS; COENOBITA RUGOSUS; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037047753     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps238163     Document Type: Article

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