Body mass-related shift in movement behaviour in the isopod Lekanesphaera hookeri (Isopoda, Flabellifera): A laboratory study

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 354-361

  Potenza, L ^a   Mancinelli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body size; Fractal; Lekanesphaera; Movement

Indexed keywords

AUTECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY MASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; ISOPOD; MOVEMENT; TORTUOSITY;

ITALY;

FLABELLIFERA; ISOPODA; LEKANESPHAERA; LEKANESPHAERA HOOKERI; SPHAEROMATIDAE;

EID: 77956032663     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000903449860     Document Type: Article

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