Can solitary spiders (Araneae) cooperate in prey capture?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-70

  Pekar S ^a,b   Hruskova M ^a   Lubin, Y ^c  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Evolution; Group hunting; Kleptobiosis; Myrmecophagy; Social

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY CAPTURE; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MESSOR; TAPINOMA; ZODARIIDAE;

EID: 13844280109     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2004.00897.x     Document Type: Article

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