Embryo retrieval and kin recognition in an amphipod (Crustacea)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 717-722

  Patterson, Lynsey ^a   Dick, Jaimie T A ^a   Elwood, Robert W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amphipod; Apherusa jurinei; cannibalism; embryo retrieval; kin discrimination; kin recognition; maternal care

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BROOD REARING; CANNIBALISM; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; KIN RECOGNITION; MATERNAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

AMPHIPODA; APHERUSA JURINEI; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 49149114892     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.03.018     Document Type: Article

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