Monoamines and decision making during contests in the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 605-612

  Briffa, Mark ^a   Elwood, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 HT; aggression; decision making; dopamine; hermit crab; Pagurus bernhardus; serotonin; signal

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; CRAB; DECISION MAKING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SIGNAL;

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

EID: 33947677582     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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