Feeding and non-feeding aggression can be induced in invasive shore crabs by altering food distribution

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 249-256

  Tanner, Colby J ^a   Salal, Gül Deniz ^b   Jackson, Andrew L ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aggression; Carcinus maenas; Competition; Food distribution; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; CRAB; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LABORATORY METHOD; SOCIAL NETWORK; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 78651518711     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1033-x     Document Type: Article

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