Tracking the Namib Desert spider Leucorchestris arenicola - Reading the story in the sand (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae)

Senckenbergiana Biologica

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-218

  Nørgaard, Thomas ^a   Henschel, Joh R ^b   Wehner, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Gobabeb Training and Research Centre Walvis Bay   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Homing; Locomotory behaviour; Navigation; Signalling

Indexed keywords

HOMING BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; SPIDER;

AFRICA; NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARENICOLA; LEUCORCHESTRIS; SPARASSIDAE;

EID: 33846595497     PISSN: 00372102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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