Choosing hunting sites: Web site preferences of the orb weaver spider, Neoscona crucifera, relative to light cues

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 299-305

  Adams, M R ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging; Prey densities; Spiders; Web construction

Indexed keywords

NEOSCONA CRUCIFERA;

EID: 0033858475     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007771332721     Document Type: Article

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