Transition from sea to land: Olfactory function and constraints in the terrestrial hermit crab Coenobita clypeatus

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1742, 2012, Pages 3510-3519

  Krång, Anna Sara ^a   Knaden, Markus ^a   Steck, Kathrin ^a   Hansson, Bill S ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptations; Odourants; Olfaction; Olfactory system; Terrestrial crustaceans

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOASSAY; CRAB; HUMIDITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OLFACTORY CUE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; COENOBITA; COENOBITA CLYPEATUS; COENOBITA COMPRESSUS; COENOBITIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; PAGURUS BERNHARDUS;

EID: 84864330134     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0596     Document Type: Article

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