Field observations of intraspecific agonistic behavior of two crayfish species, Orconectes rusticus and Orconectes virilis, in different habitats

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-35

  Bergman, Daniel A ^a   Moore, Paul A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CRAYFISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; CRUSTACEA; ORCONECTES; ORCONECTES RUSTICUS; ORCONECTES VIRILIS;

EID: 0042427430     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543442     Document Type: Article

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