Social behaviour in an Australian velvet worm, Euperipatoides rowelli (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 267, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Reinhard, Judith ^a   Rowell, David M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Aggression; Euperipatoides rowelli; Group living; Onychophora; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EUPERIPATOIDES ROWELLI; ONYCHOPHORA; PERIPATOPSIDAE;

EID: 26244451757     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836905007090     Document Type: Article

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