Learning in Stomatopod Crustaceans
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The research reviewed in this work could not have been done without the support of the National Science Foundation, currently under Grant Number IBN-0235820, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Australian Research Council (Current Grant F00104897), or the National Undersea Research Centers (a NOAA program). We thank the staffs of the Lizard Island Research Station, the Heron Island Research Station, and the Florida Keys center of NURC at Key Largo for much assistance over the years. Lisa Angeloni assisted with some of the experiments on individual recognition. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Thomas W. Cronin, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, U.S.A. ([email protected]). Learning in Stomatopod Crustaceans
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