Western black widow spiders express state-dependent web-building strategies tailored to the presence of neighbours

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 865-875

  Salomon, Maxence ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

behavioural plasticity; cohabitation; foraging; habitat selection; Latrodectus hesperus; spider web; state dependent behaviour; trade offs; web building; western black widow spider

Indexed keywords

COHABITATION; HABITAT SELECTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB; TERRITORIALITY; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; LATRODECTUS; LATRODECTUS HESPERUS; TEGENARIA AGRESTIS;

EID: 34247887374     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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