Consistent crustaceans: The identification of stable behavioural syndromes in hermit crabs

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1087-1094

  Mowles, Sophie L ^a   Cotton, Peter A ^b   Briffa, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural syndrome; Consistency; Hermit crab; Personality

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION; CRAB; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATION RISK;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 84862501773     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1359-7     Document Type: Article

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