Age-dependent stabilimentum-associated predator avoidance behaviours in orb-weaving spiders

Behaviour

Volumn 140, Issue 8-9, 2003, Pages 1135-1152

  Li, Daiqin ^a   Kok, Lai Mun ^a   Seah, Wee Khee ^a   Lim, Matthew L M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Araneae; Argiope versicolor; Dropping; Predator avoidance tactics; Pumping; Shifting; Shuttling; Spider; Stabilimenta

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347568170     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853903322589678     Document Type: Article

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