The past ownership of a resource affects the agonistic behavior of hermit crabs

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1945-1953

  Tricarico, Elena ^a   Gherardi, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experience; Fighting behavior; Hermit crabs; Pagurus longicarpus; Resource value

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRAB; SHELL;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PAGURUS LONGICARPUS;

EID: 34548596562     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0434-y     Document Type: Article

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