Adhesive recruitment by the viscous capture threads of araneoid orb-weaving spiders

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 553-560

  Opell, Brent D ^a   Hendricks, Mary L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesive mechanism; Capture thread; Orb web

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER;

ADHESION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SECRETION; SILK; SPIDER; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; BIOPOLYMERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYLOGENY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SILK; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; ARANEOIDEA; DEINOPOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 33947376525     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02682     Document Type: Article

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