Aggression and Food Resource Competition between Sympatric Hermit Crab Species

Mark V. Tran; Matthew O’Grady; Jeremiah Colborn; Kimberly Van Ness; Richard W. Hill

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091823

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Aggression and Food Resource Competition between Sympatric Hermit Crab Species

Mark V. Tran ,

* E-mail: mvtran27@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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Matthew O’Grady,

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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Jeremiah Colborn,

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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Kimberly Van Ness,

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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Richard W. Hill

Affiliations Department of Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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Aggression and Food Resource Competition between Sympatric Hermit Crab Species

Mark V. Tran,
Matthew O’Grady,
Jeremiah Colborn,
Kimberly Van Ness,
Richard W. Hill

Published: March 14, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091823

About the Authors

Mark V. Tran

* E-mail: mvtran27@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Matthew O’Grady

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Jeremiah Colborn

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Kimberly Van Ness

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Richard W. Hill

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MVT RWH. Performed the experiments: MVT MO JC KVN. Analyzed the data: MVT. Wrote the paper: MVT MO JC KVN RWH.

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