Conspecific and heterospecific attraction: A mechanism of web-site selection leading to aggregation formation by web-building spiders

Ethology

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 815-826

  Hodge, Margaret A ^a   Storfer Isser, Amy ^a  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION FORMATION; SILK; SITE SELECTION; WEB SITE; WEB-BUILDING SPIDER;

ACHAEARANEA LEPIDARIORUM; ACHAEARANEA TEPIDARIORUM; ARANEAE; HYPOCHILIDAE; HYPOCHILUS THORELLI; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 0030845717     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00123.x     Document Type: Article

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