Orientation of sandhoppers at different points along a dynamic shoreline in southern Tuscany

Marine Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 919-926

  Scapini, Felicita ^a   Chelazzi, Lorenzo ^b   Colombini, Isabella ^a   Fallaci, Mario ^b   Fanini, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ORIENTATION; PLASTICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY; WORLD;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; TALITRUS SALTATOR;

EID: 27744567532     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-1617-6     Document Type: Article

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