Web tuning of an orb-web spider, Octonoba sybotides, regulated prey-catching behaviour

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1443, 2000, Pages 565-569

  Watanabe, Takeshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Information; Octonoba; Response speed; Tension; Vibration

Indexed keywords

PREY CAPTURE; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FOOD DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIDER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; DROSOPHILA; OCTONOBA; OCTONOBA SYBOTIDES; ULOBORIDAE;

EID: 0034701202     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1038     Document Type: Article

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