Foraging and mating opportunities influence refuge use in the fiddler crab, Uca mjoebergi

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 711-716

  Reaney, Leeann T ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

fiddler crab; foraging time; mating opportunities; refuge use; risk taking; Uca mjoebergi

Indexed keywords

CRAB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; PREDATION RISK; REFUGE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 33947672826     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.05.022     Document Type: Article

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