Fighting behavior in hermit crabs: The combined effect of resource-holding potential and resource value in Pagurus longicarpus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 500-510

  Gherardi, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dominance; Fighting behavior; Hermit crabs; Pagurus longicarpus; Resource value

Indexed keywords

CRAB; DOMINANCE; FIGHTING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PAGURUS LONGICARPUS;

EID: 30944455484     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0074-z     Document Type: Article

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