Behavioural tactics for prey capture and prey ingestion in two sympatric spiders

Netherlands Journal of Zoology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-52

  Pasquet, Alain ^a   Leborgne, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Interspecific comparisons; Orb weaving spiders; Plasticity; Predatory behaviour

Indexed keywords

HANDLING TIME; INGESTION RATE; PREY CAPTURE; SPIDER; SYMPATRIC SPECIES;

ARANEAE; ARANEUS MARMOREUS; ARGIOPE BRUENNICHI;

EID: 0031805120     PISSN: 00282960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854298x00200     Document Type: Article

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