Responses of the crab Heterozius rotundifrons to heterospecific chemical alarm cues: Phylogeny vs. ecological overlap

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 671-677

  Hazlett, Brian A ^a   McLay, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alarm cues; Crabs; Ecological context; Heterospecific; Heterozius rotundifrons; Phylogenetic history

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; CRAB;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; CHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRACHYURA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BRACHYNOTUS SEXDENTATUS; BRACHYURAN; CYCLOGRAPSUS; CYCLOGRAPSUS LAVAUXI; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HEMIGRAPSUS; HETEROZIUS; HETEROZIUS ROTUNDIFRONS; PAGURUS; PETROLISTHES ELONGATUS;

EID: 18144397272     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-005-2054-1     Document Type: Article

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