Habitat selection and web plasticity by the orb spider Argiope keyserlingi (Argiopidae): Do they compromise foraging success for predator avoidance?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 551-563

  Blamires, Sean J ^a   Thompson, Michael B ^a   Hochuli, Dieter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Argiope keyserlingi; Behavioural flexibility; Foraging profitability; Habitat selection; Web architectural plasticity

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; SPIDER; SURVIVORSHIP;

ARANEAE; ARGIOPE KEYSERLINGI; AVES; MANTIDAE;

EID: 33947581501     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01727.x     Document Type: Article

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