Response to perceived predation threat in fiddler crabs: Trust thy neighbor as thyself?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 345-350

  Wong, Bob B M ^a,b   Bibeau, Christine ^a   Bishop, Karen A ^a   Rosenthal, Gil G ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Incomplete information; Public information; Refuge use; Social context; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CRAB; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; VIGILANCE;

CELUCA PUGILATOR; OCYPODIDAE;

EID: 22844442820     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0955-1     Document Type: Article

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