Collective prey capture and feeding behaviours of Anelosimus jabaquara Levi 1956 (Araneae: Theridiidae)

Behaviour

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 573-584

  De Oliveira Gonzaga, Marcelo ^a   Vasconcellos Neto, João ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anelosimus; Food distribution; Prey capture; Sociality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036590189     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685390260136708     Document Type: Article

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