Choice of hunting site as a consequence of experience in late-instar crab spiders

Oecologia

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 252-257

  Morse, Douglass H ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crab spider; Experience; Juvenile behavior; Patch choice; Sit and wait predator

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; MISUMENA VATIA; RANUNCULUS ACRIS; THOMISIDAE;

EID: 0032783911     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050855     Document Type: Article

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