The effect of previous foraging success on web-building behaviour in the sheet-web spider, frontinellina cf. frutetorum (Araneae Linyphiidae)

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 291-298

  Segoli, M ^a   Maklakov, A ^a   Gavish, E ^a   Tsurim, I ^a   Lubin, Y ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body condition; Food supplementation; Foraging effort; Sheet web; State dependent decisions; Web building spiders

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; PREY CAPTURE; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

ARANEAE; FRONTINELLINA; FRONTINELLINA FRUTETORUM; LINYPHIIDAE; PLOCEINAE;

EID: 13844281766     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2004.9522621     Document Type: Article

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