Evidence for woodlice-specialization in Dysdera spiders: Behavioural versus developmental approaches

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 367-371

  Řezáč, Milan ^a,b   Pekár, Stano ^c  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Generalist; Metabolic adaptation; Nutritional value; Oniscophagy; Specialist; Woodlice

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DIET; METABOLISM; SPECIALIZATION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARMADILLIDIUM VULGARE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DYSDERA; DYSDERIDAE; ONISCIDEA; ONISCUS ASELLUS; RHINOPHORIDAE;

EID: 35848965037     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2007.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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