Web-building management in an orb-weaving spider, Zygiella x-notata: Influence of prey and conspecifics

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 327, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 84-92

  Thévenard, Laurent ^a   Leborgne, Raymond ^a   Pasquet, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Foraging behaviour; Information use; Orb weaving spider; Web building parameters; Zygiella x notata

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE;

EID: 0742319017     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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