Do stabilimenta in orb webs attract prey or defend spiders?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 372-376

  Blackledge, Todd A ^a   Wenzel, John W ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aposematic signal; Argiope; Foraging defense trade offs; Predator prey; Silk; Spider webs

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE MECHANISM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARGIOPE; ARGIOPE AURANTIA; AVES; PRENANTHELLA EXIGUA;

EID: 0032832266     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.4.372     Document Type: Article

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