Interactions between the social spider Anelosimus studiosus (araneae, theridiidae) and foreign spiders that frequent its nests

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 143-152

  Perkins, T Alex ^a   Riechert, Susan E ^a   Jones, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti predator behavior; Intraguild predation; Species co occurrence

Indexed keywords

AGELENIDAE; ANELOSIMUS STUDIOSUS; ANYPHAENIDAE; ARANEAE; ARANEAE THERIDIIDAE; ARANEIDAE; PHILODROMIDAE; SALTICIDAE; TETRAGNATHIDAE; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 34347225161     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/T06-43.1     Document Type: Article

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