The influence of food supply on foraging behaviour in a desert spider

Oecologia

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 64-73

  Lubin, Y ^a,b   Henschel, J ^c  

^a Desert Ecological Research Unit of Namibia   (Namibia)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foraging effort; Growth; Namib Desert; Seothyra; Web building

Indexed keywords

SEOTHYRA HENSCHELI; ARANEAE; ERESIDAE;

BODY SIZE; DESERT; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; MATERNAL INVESTMENT; PREDATION RISK; SPIDER; WEB-BUILDING SPIDER;

NAMIBIA, NAMIB DESERT;

EID: 0029669108     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328792     Document Type: Article

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