Spatial arrangement of odor sources modifies the temporal aspects of crayfish search strategies

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 501-517

  Wolf, Mary C ^a,b   Voigt, Rainer ^a   Moore, Paul A ^a,b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Odor plumes structure; Orconectes virilis; Orientation strategies; Temporal and spatial search strategies

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; CRAYFISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; OLFACTION; ORIENTATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CRAYFISH; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; ORIENTATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TIME PERCEPTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; WALKING SPEED;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; ODORS; ORIENTATION; SMELL; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; CAMBARIDAE; ORCONECTES; ORCONECTES VIRILIS;

EID: 1842430912     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000018625.83906.95     Document Type: Article

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