Can hermit crabs recognize social partners by odors? And why?

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 201-212

  Gherardi, Francesca ^a   Tricarico, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquatic environments; Chemical cues; Hermit crabs; Individual recognition; Pagurus longicarpus

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL CUE; CRAB; ODOR; PHEROMONE; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PAGURUS LONGICARPUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34648816739     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: 10290362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240701562297     Document Type: Article

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