Hiding behaviour in fiddler crabs: How long should prey hide in response to a potential predator?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 251-257

  Jennions, Michael D ^a,b   Backwell, Patricia R Y ^a,b   Murai, Minoru ^a   Christy, John H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BODY SIZE; CRAB; PREDATION RISK; TIDAL CYCLE;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA LACTEA;

EID: 0042069997     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2190     Document Type: Article

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