Low aggression in juvenile burrowing crayfish, Fallicambarus fodiens (Cottle, 1863) (Decapoda, Cambaridae)

Crustaceana

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 421-428

  Guiaşu, Radu C ^a,b   Saleh, Nehal ^a,c   Mozel, Elisabeth ^a   Dunham, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BURROWING ORGANISM; CRAYFISH; JUVENILE;

ASTACOIDEA; CAMBARIDAE; CAMBARUS; FALLICAMBARUS FODIENS;

EID: 29244442274     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568540054473503     Document Type: Article

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