Social spacing of crayfish in natural habitats: What role does dominance play?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1119-1125

  Fero, K ^a   Moore, P A ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crayfish; Dominance; Hierarchy; Nearest neighbor; Shelter

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; CRAYFISH; DOMINANCE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; SHELTER; SPACING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

DOUGLAS LAKE; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ASTACOIDEA; ORCONECTES PROPINQUUS;

EID: 42449125571     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0540-x     Document Type: Article

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