The silk tuft web decorations of the orb-weaver Gasteracantha cancriformis: Testing the prey attraction and the web advertisement hypotheses

Behaviour

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-295

  Gawryszewski, Felipe M ^a   Motta, Paulo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Araneidae; Cerrado; Foraging; Stabilimentum; Visual signal

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GASTERACANTHA CANCRIFORMIS;

EID: 38149037302     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853908783402911     Document Type: Article

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