Prey, predatory behaviour, and anti‐predator defences of Hygropoda dolomedes and Dendrolycosa sp. (Araneae: Pisauridae), web‐building pisaurid spiders from Australia and Sri Lanka

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 119-133

  Cerveira, Ana ^a   Jackson, Robert R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anti predator defence; Mosquitoes; Predation; Spiders; Webs

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; PREDATION; PREY CAPTURE; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

AUSTRALIA; SRI LANKA;

ARANEAE; DENDROLYCOSA; HYGROPODA DOLOMEDES; PISAURIDAE;

EID: 0036323144     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2002.9518295     Document Type: Article

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