Web placement in sympatric linyphiid spiders (Arachnida, Araneae): Individual foraging decisions reveal inter-specific competition

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-71

  Herberstein, Marie Elisabeth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Austria; Competition; Displacement; Frontinellina frutetorum; Linyphiidae; Neriene radiata; Web placement

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SPIDER; WEB;

AUSTRIA;

ARANEAE; FRONTINELLINA FRUTETORUM; FRONTONELLINA FRUTETORUM; LINYPHIIDAE; NERIENE RADIATA;

EID: 0031946991     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(98)80009-X     Document Type: Article

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