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The use of hermit crabs as an experimental model for motivational studies is discussed in this book by expert behavioural ecologists.
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Part 1 Assessments, decisions and hermit crabs: assessments and decisions; the behavioural ecology of hermit crabs; "pagurus bernhardus" in Northern Ireland. Part 2 Non-competitive assessment: assessment of unoccupied shells; assessment and motivational change. Part 3 Competitive assessment: agonistic behaviour; assessments during shell fights; assessment strategies and the duration of fights; motivational change during aggressive encounters.
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