Do I stand out or blend in? Conspicuousness awareness and consistent behavioural differences in hermit crabs

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 330-332

  Briffa, Mark ^a   Twyman, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal personality; Conspicuousness; Hermit crab; Startle response

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CRAB; DECISION MAKING; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; SHELL; SUBSTRATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOMURA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COLOR; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROPOD; STARTLE REFLEX;

ANIMALS; ANOMURA; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROPODA; STARTLE REACTION;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 79959948712     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0761     Document Type: Article

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