Exploring with damaged antennae: Do crayfish compensate for injuries?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3226-3233

  Koch, L M ^a   Patullo, B W ^a   Macmillan, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Haptic systems; Learning; Touch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CRAYFISH; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSE ORGAN;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LEARNING; SENSE ORGANS;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX DESTRUCTOR; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 33749160455     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02368     Document Type: Article

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