Group foraging in the colonial spider Parawixia bistriata (Araneidae): effect of resource levels and prey size

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1551-1562

  Fernández Campón, Florencia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

colonial spider; foraging; geographical variation; Parawixia bistriata; resource distribution; social behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COLONIAL ORGANISM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROUP BEHAVIOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SIZE; RESOURCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 35748971444     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.02.030     Document Type: Article

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