Memory of captured prey in three web spiders(Araneae: Araneidae, Linyphiidae, Tetragnathidae)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-97

  Rodríguez, Rafael L S ^a   Edwin, Gamboa S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Argiope; Memory; Nephila; Neriene; Webspiders

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749100793     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100710000066     Document Type: Article

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