The effects of temperature on the web-building behaviour of the common house spider, Achaearanea tepidariorum

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 4-10

  Barghusen, L E ^a   Claussen, D L ^a   Anderson, M S ^a   Bailer, A J ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat selection; optimal temperature; prey capture; web attributes

Indexed keywords

ACHAEARANEA TEPIDARIORUM; ARANEAE;

HOUSE SPIDER; TEMPERATURE; WEB-BUILDING BEHAVIOUR;

EID: 0030618957     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00040.x     Document Type: Article

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