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Y-maze shelter choice experiments were performed on Caribbean spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus, to determine whether body size of spatial scale influences their receptivity to or production of a chemical attractant among conspecifics. Results show that lobster greater than 15 mm in carapace length are attracted to conspecific odors and that large lobsters generate enough scent to attract conspecifics from a few meters away. The findings suggest that body size- and spatial scale-dependent attraction influence the shift of P. argus from solitary to social shelter use.
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An experiment testing the centre-edge hypotheses in a permanently territorial songbird represented by the Australian magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen, was conducted. Results indicate no support for the central-place foraging hypothesis, or for the strategic center hypothesis. The central-resource hypothesis may account for the pattern of the results; in effect, the proximity of a resource that makes the territory valuable may not be central.
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Research is presented describing the use of Y-maze shelter choice experiments to study the influence of spiny lobsters's scent on shelter choice. The impact of chemical cue on diel shifts in sociality among lobsters is described.
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