Fight strategies differ with size and allometric growth of claws in crayfish, Orconectes rusticus

Behaviour

Volumn 138, Issue 11-12, 2001, Pages 1437-1449

  Schroeder, Lisa ^a   Huber, Robert ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040481206     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853901317367681     Document Type: Article

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