Motivational trade-offs and potential pain experience in hermit crabs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 120-124

  Appel, Mirjam ^a   Elwood, Robert W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crustacean; Hermit crab; Nociception; Pain; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CRAB; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT SELECTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SHELL; TRADE-OFF;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 67349231316     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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