Burrow surveillance in fiddler crabs I. Description of behaviour

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 3935-3950

  Hemmi, Jan M ^a   Zeil, J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burrow defence; Competitor; Fiddler crab; Resource defence; Territory; Uca vomeris; Visual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; BRACHYURA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CUES; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; LINEAR MODELS; QUEENSLAND; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEO RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 0345479176     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00632     Document Type: Article

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