Web decorations and alternative foraging tactics of the spider argiope appensa

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-54

  Hauber, Mark E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging tactics; Guam; Mixed strategies; Predator; Prey attraction; Stabilimenta

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; WEB DECORATION;

GUAN;

ARANEAE; ARGIOPE APPENSA;

EID: 0031960077     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1998.9522870     Document Type: Article

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