The effect of prey type on the geometry of the capture web of Araneus diadematus

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 391-394

  Schneider, Jutta M ^a,b   Vollrath, Fritz ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENT; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; SPIDER;

EID: 0031691632     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050521     Document Type: Article

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