Dominance hierarchies and status recognition in the crayfish Procambarus acutus acutus

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1269-1281

  Gherardi, Francesca ^a   Daniels, William H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECOSYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

CRAYFISH; DOMINANCE HIERARCHIES;

BIODIVERSITY;

CRAYFISH; DOMINANCE; RECOGNITION;

ASTACOIDEA; CAMBARIDAE; PROCAMBARUS; PROCAMBARUS ACUTUS;

EID: 0344496153     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-107     Document Type: Article

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