Colour-associated foraging success and population genetic structure in a sit-and-wait predator Nephila maculata (Araneae: Tetragnathidae)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 175-182

  Tso, I Min ^a   Tai, Pei Ling ^a   Ku, Tzu Hsiu ^a   Kuo, Chien Hsien ^b   Yang, En Cheng ^c  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDATION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEPHILA; NEPHILA MACULATA; TETRAGNATHIDAE;

EID: 0036055129     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2001.1878     Document Type: Article

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