Physical constraints on sand crab burrows: Mechanical properties of wet sand explain the size and spatial distributions of burrows on beaches

• Ayuko Shinoda,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

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• Shin-ichi Fujiwara,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Museum, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

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• Hirofumi Niiya,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

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• Hiroaki Katsuragi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: katsurag@eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4949-9389

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