Discrimination of conspecific-built chimneys from human-built ones by the burrowing crayfish, Fallicambarus fodiens (Decapoda, Cambaridae)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 58-66

  Punzalan, David ^a   Guiaşu, Radu Cornel ^a   Belchior, Dulcie ^a   Dunham, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burrows; Chemical cues; Orientation; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; CAMBARIDAE; FALLICAMBARUS FODIENS;

EID: 0039739999     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2001.tb00026.x     Document Type: Article

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