Web inclination alters foraging success of a nocturnal predator

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 249-252

  Prokop, Pavol ^a,b  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Foraging behaviour; Larinioides cornutus; Spider; Web inclination

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

ARANEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LARINIOIDES CORNUTUS;

EID: 27244457094     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000509356679     Document Type: Article

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