Use of chemical cues during shell fights in the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus

Behaviour

Volumn 143, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1281-1290

  Briffa, Mark ^a   Williams, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical cues; Contest; Hermit crab; Shell fight

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; PAGURUS BERNHARDUS;

EID: 33750924797     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853906778691577     Document Type: Article

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