Body-mass-dependent cost of web-building behavior in an orb weaving spider, Zygiella x-notata

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 269-272

  Venner, Samuel ^a   Bel Venner, Marie Claude ^a   Pasquet, Alain ^a   Leborgne, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ENERGY USE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY COST; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SILK; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPIDERS;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE;

EID: 0038346238     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-003-0420-9     Document Type: Article

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