Influence of venom availability on a spider's prey-choice behaviour

Functional Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 802-807

  Wullschleger, B ^a   Nentwig, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cupiennius salei; Resource allocation strategy; Venom glands; Venom optimization theory; Venom sensitivity

Indexed keywords

COCKROACH; POISONING; PREY SELECTION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; BLABERIDAE; BLATTA ORIENTALIS; BLATTARIA; BLATTIDAE; CTENIDAE; CUPIENNIUS SALEI; DICTYOPTERA; GRYLLIDAE; NAUPHOETA CINEREA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; PERIPLANETA AUSTRALASIAE;

EID: 0036943159     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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