Costs and benefits of facultative aggregating behaviour in the orb-spinning spider Gasteracantha minax Thorell (Araneae: Araneidae)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 256-261

  Lloyd, N J ^a,b   Elgar, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foraging; Jewel spider; Parasitism; Predation risk; Reproduction; Silk production

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444392149     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1997.tb00670.x     Document Type: Article

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