Assessments and Decisions: A study of information gathering by hermit crabs

by R. Elwood, S. Neil

Using an approach that integrates functional and causal explanations, examines how the hermit crab gathers information and uses it to make decisions in both agonistic and nonagonistic situations. The findings are then assembled into hypotheses of animal behavior generally. Of interest to behavioral ecologists and to those interested in motivational analysis. Accessible to the nonspecialist. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

203 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 1991