Economics of spider orb-webs: The benefits of producing adhesive capture thread and of recycling silk

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 613-624

  Opell, B D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Araneidae; Cribellar thread; Orb web evolution; Tetragnathidae; Uloboridae

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; PLOCEINAE; TETRAGNATHIDAE; ULOBORIDAE;

EID: 0031668602     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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