Shell acquisition by hermit crabs: Which tactic is more efficient?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 492-500

  Tricarico, Elena ^a   Gherardi, Francesca ^a  

^a Dipto di Biol Animale e Genetica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gastropod predation sites; Hermit crabs; Locomotion; Pagurus longicarpus; Resources; Shell recruitment

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; CONSPECIFIC; CRAB; GASTROPOD; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LOCOMOTION; PREDATION; SALTMARSH; SHELL;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; PAGURUS LONGICARPUS;

EID: 33745686598     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0191-3     Document Type: Article

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