Habitat complexity reduces aggression and enhances consumption in crayfish

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-27

  Corkum, Lynda D ^a   Cronin, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Density; Habitat; Interactions; Orconectes propinquus; Prey consumption

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; ORCONECTES; ORCONECTES PROPINQUUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 1342269483     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-003-0095-x     Document Type: Article

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