Nutritional requirements for web synthesis in the tetragnathid spider Nephila clavipes

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-270

  Higgins, Linden ^a,b   Rankin, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Choline; Orb web synthesis; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; NEPHILA CLAVIPES; TETRAGNATHIDAE;

EID: 0032843550     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.1999.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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