Shell choice in Pagurus longicarpus hermit crabs: Does predation threat influence shell selection behavior?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-176

  Rotjan, Randi D ^a   Blum, Julia ^b   Lewis, Sara M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral plasticity; Predation risk; Shell selection behavior

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CRAB; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; LITTORINA; LITTORINA LITTOREA; PAGURUS; PAGURUS LONGICARPUS;

EID: 3042586015     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0770-0     Document Type: Article

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