BEHAVIORAL PLASTICITY OF HERMIT-CRABS - A PRELIMINARY-REPORT

Authors
GUNJI YP
Citation
Yp. Gunji, BEHAVIORAL PLASTICITY OF HERMIT-CRABS - A PRELIMINARY-REPORT, RIV BIOL, 89(1), 1996, pp. 69-78
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
RIVISTA DI BIOLOGIA-BIOLOGY FORUM
ISSN journal
00356050 → ACNP
Volume
89
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
69 - 78
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-6050(1996)89:1<69:BPOH-A>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Terrestrial hermit crabs may leave gasteropod shells in accordance wit h the behavior of other members of the population without consequentia l corresponding to cannibalism. Such a potentiality usually manifests in the form of behavior plasticity.