Signal residuals and hermit crab displays: flaunt it if you have it!

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-143

  Arnott, Gareth ^a   Elwood, Robert W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

contest; deception; display; hermit crab; honesty; Pagurus bernhardus

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRAB; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FIGHTING; GASTROPOD; HONEST SIGNALING; SHELL;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; PAGURUS BERNHARDUS;

EID: 72149125321     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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