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Giant Robber Crabs Monitored from Space: GPS-Based Telemetric Studies on Christmas Island (Indian Ocean)

We investigated the navigational capabilities of the world's largest land-living arthropod, the giant robber crab Birgus latro (Anomura, Coenobitidae); this crab reaches 4 kg in weight and can reach an age of up to 60 years. Populations are distributed over small Indo-Pacific islands of the tro...

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Autores principales: Krieger, Jakob, Grandy, Ronald, Drew, Michelle M., Erland, Susanne, Stensmyr, Marcus C., Harzsch, Steffen, Hansson, Bill S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3498180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23166774
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049809