Fear, food, sex and parental care: a syndrome of boldness in the fishing spider, Dolomedes triton

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1131-1138

  Johnson, J Chadwick ^a,b   Sih, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioural syndrome; Dolomedes triton; fishing spider; shy bold continuum

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FOOD; GENDER; PARENTAL CARE; SPIDER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; DOLOMEDES TRITON; PISAURIDAE;

EID: 35748932031     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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