Mechanisms of homing in the fiddler crab Uca rapax 1. Spatial and temporal characteristics of a system of small-scale navigation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 4413-4423

  Layne, John E ^a,b   Barnes, W Jon P ^a   Duncan, Lindsey M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Central place forager; Fiddler crab; Homing; Path integration; Spatial orientation; Systematic error; Uca rapax

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRACHYURA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GAIT; MENTAL FUNCTION; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GAIT; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MENTAL PROCESSES; ORIENTATION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

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

EID: 0348090628     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00660     Document Type: Article

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