The Influence of Personality on a Group-Level Process: Shy Hermit Crabs Make Longer Vacancy Chains

Ethology

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1014-1023

  Briffa, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CRAB; GASTROPOD; GROUP BEHAVIOR; POPULATION SIZE; SHELL;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; PAGURUS BERNHARDUS;

EID: 84884988754     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eth.12148     Document Type: Article

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