Spiny lobsters use urine-borne olfactory signaling and physical aggressive behaviors to influence social status of conspecifics

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2464-2474

  Shabani, Shkelzen ^a   Kamio, Michiya ^a   Derby, Charles D ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; Communication; Crustacea; Olfaction; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; ODOR; PALINURIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; URINE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; PALINURIDAE; SMELL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; URINE;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; PALINURIDAE; PANULIRUS ARGUS;

EID: 67651011814     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.026492     Document Type: Article

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