Breaking the mold: Behavioral variation and evolutionary innovation in wendilgarda spiders (araneae theridiosomatidae)

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 223-235

  Eberhard, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Behavioral imprecision; Evolution; Orb webs; Spiders

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

ARANEAE; THERIDIOSOMATIDAE; WENDILGARDA;

EID: 0033827763     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2000.9522797     Document Type: Article

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