Why do shore crabs not prefer the most profitable mussels?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 599-607

  Smallegange, Isabel M ^a   Van Der Meer, Jaap ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Claw damage; Energy maximization premise; Feeding techniques; Prey profitability; Prey size selection

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CRAB; DAMAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HANDLING TIME; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE;

BIVALVIA; CARCINUS MAENAS; CHELA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 0037998678     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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