Antipredator benefits of group living in colonial web-building spiders: The 'early warning' effect

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 445-452

  Uetz, George W ^a   Boyle, Jay ^a   Hieber, Craig S ^b   Wilcox, R Stimson ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COLONY STRUCTURE; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPIDER; WASP;

ARANEAE; HYMENOPTERA; METEPEIRA; METEPEIRA INCRASSATA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036349852     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2001.1918     Document Type: Article

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