Discrete dragline attachment induces aggregation in spiderlings of a solitary species

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 531-537

  Jeanson, Raphael ^a,c   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^b   Theraulaz, Guy ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DRAGLINE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; LARINIOIDES CORNUTUS;

EID: 1542378239     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.06.013     Document Type: Article

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