Chemically mediated avoidance of Hemigrapsus nudus (Crustacea) by Littorina scutulata (Gastropoda): Effects of species coexistence and variable cues

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 915-920

  Keppel, Elise ^a   Scrosati, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; CHEMICAL CUE; COEXISTENCE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; HEMIGRAPSUS NUDUS; LITTORINA; LITTORINA SCUTULATA; PRASIOLA; TEXADINA;

EID: 5344276590     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.11.020     Document Type: Article

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