Mucus trail following as a mate-searching strategy in mangrove littorinid snails

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 459-465

  Ng, Terence P T ^a   Davies, Mark S ^b   Stafford, Richard ^c   Williams, Gray A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Littoraria; Littorinid; Mangrove; Mate discrimination; Mate search; Mucus trail; Polarity; Trail following

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CHEMICAL CUE; FITNESS; GASTROPOD; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MATE LOCATION; MUCUS; POPULATION DENSITY; SNAIL;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; LITTORARIA; LITTORARIA ARDOUINIANA; LITTORARIA MELANOSTOMA; LITTORINA; MOLLUSCA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; TEXADINA;

EID: 84865735280     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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