Visual recognition of conspecifics in the American lobster, Homarus Americanus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 713-719

  Gherardi, Francesca ^a   Cenni, Federica ^a   Parisi, Giuliana ^a   Aquiloni, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggressive behaviour; Homarus americanus; Individual recognition; Lobster; Sight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CONSPECIFIC; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LOBSTER; MALE; RECOGNITION; VISION; VISUAL CUE;

HOMARUS AMERICANUS; INVERTEBRATA; LOBSTER;

EID: 77956612223     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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