Influence of alternative shell-drilling behaviours on attack duration of the predatory snail, Chicoreus dilectus

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 201-206

  Dietl, Gregory P ^a,c   Herbert, Gregory S ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative behaviours; Edge drilling; Gastropoda; Muricidae; Predation speed

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HANDLING TIME; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CHICOREUS DILECTUS; CHIONE ELEVATA; GASTROPODA; MURICIDAE; VENERIDAE;

EID: 13744256044     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904006223     Document Type: Article

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