Design variability in web geometry of an orb-weaving spider

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 735-743

  Vollrath, Fritz ^a,b   Downes, Mike ^a   Krackow, Sven ^b,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Behaviour; Plasticity; Reaction norms; Web design

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIDER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030851042     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00186-8     Document Type: Article

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