Vacancy chains provide aggregate benefits to coenobita clypeatus hermit crabs

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 356-365

  Lewis, Sara M ^a   Rotjan, Randi D ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; LABORATORY METHOD; NEST SITE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE USE; SHELL; SHELTER; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; COENOBITA CLYPEATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA;

EID: 62749194530     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01626.x     Document Type: Article

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