Crab spider hunting performance is temperature insensitive

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-353

  Schmalhofer, Victoria R ^a   Casey, Timothy M ^b  

^a Arachnological Res and Consulting   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Crab spiders; Misumenoides; Misumenops; Predator prey interactions; Spider hunting performance; Thermal ecology; Thomisidae

Indexed keywords

FORAGING EFFICIENCY; SPIDER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARANEAE; MISUMENOIDES FORMOSIPES; MISUMENOPS ASPERATUS; THOMISIDAE;

EID: 0032862279     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1999.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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