Learning in an invasive and a native predatory crab

Biological Invasions

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1191-1196

  Roudez, Ross J ^a   Glover, Terry ^b   Weis, Judith S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BLOOMFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Callinectes; Carcinus; Crabs; Learning

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CRAB; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEARNING; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CARCINUS; CARCINUS MAENAS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 54849425896     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-007-9195-9     Document Type: Article

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