Web-building spiders attract prey by storing decaying matter

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 245-248

  Bjorkman Chiswell, Bojun T ^a   Kulinski, Melissa M ^a   Muscat, Robert L ^a   Nguyen, Kim A ^a   Norton, Briony A ^a   Symonds, Matthew R E ^a,b   Westhorpe, Gina E ^a   Elgar, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; ODOR; ORGANIC MATTER; PREY CAPTURE; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTOMETER; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREY; SPECIES HABITAT; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ODORS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPIDERS;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; CALLIPHORIDAE; INSECTA; LUCILIA CUPRINA; LUCILIA SERICATA; NEPHILA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 2942729715     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0524-x     Document Type: Article

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