Whole-organism performance capacity predicts resource-holding potential in the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 277-282

  Mowles, Sophie L ^a   Cotton, Peter A ^a   Briffa, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cumulative assessment model; Energetic war of attrition; Fight; Hermit crab; Pagurus bernhardus; Performance capacity; Resource holding potential; Signal; Stamina

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CRAB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METABOLITE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SHELL; SIGNAL;

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

EID: 77954762930     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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