Prey capture behaviour in the social spider Anelosimus eximius (Araneae: Theridiidae): Responses to prey size and type

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 856-861

  Souza, Andréa L T ^a   Gonzaga, Marcelo O ^a,b   Vasconcellos Neto, João ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSECT; MOVEMENT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; PREY SIZE; SPIDER;

ANELOSIMUS EXIMIUS; ARANEAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 34547963364     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01384.x     Document Type: Article

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