Compression of home ranges in ghost crabs on sandy beaches impacted by vehicle traffic

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2467-2474

  Schlacher, Thomas A ^a   Lucrezi, Serena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BARRIER ISLAND; BEACH; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODE; OCYPODIDAE;

EID: 77957986113     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1511-8     Document Type: Article

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