Behaviour of mobile macrofauna is a key factor in beach ecology as response to rapid environmental changes

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 150, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 36-44

  Scapini, Felicita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activity rhythms; Atlantic coasts; Behavioural adaptation; British Islands; California; Chile; Indian Ocean coasts; Italy; Mediterranean coasts; Mobile beach macrofauna; Orientation; Pacific coasts; Phenotypic plasticity; Sandy beaches; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY; MOBILITY; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84910017823     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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