Contrasting patch residence strategy in two species of sit-and-wait foragers under the same environment: A constraint by life history?

Ethology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-167

  Miyashita, Tadashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; LIFE HISTORY; RESIDENCE TIME; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; NEPHILA CLAVATA; NEPHILA MACULATA; TETRAGNATHIDAE;

EID: 13944279652     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2004.01048.x     Document Type: Article

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