Are hermit crabs looking for light and large shells?: Evidence from natural and field induced shell exchanges

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 222, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 163-173

  Osorno, José Luis ^a   Fernández Casillas, Lourdes ^b   Rodríguez Juárez, Cristina ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hermit crabs; Shell assessment; Shell competition; Shell preferences

Indexed keywords

HERMIT CRAB; SHELL EXCHANGE; SHELL PREFERENCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CRAB; ENERGY; FERTILITY; GROWTH; LOCOMOTION; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PROTECTION; WEIGHT;

MEXICO, ISABEL ISLAND;

COENOBITA COMPRESSUS; GASTROPODA; NERITA SCABRICOSTA; RITENA SCABRICOSTA;

EID: 0345698676     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00155-X     Document Type: Article

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