Hunting prey with different escape potentials - Alternative predatory tactics in a dune dwelling salticid

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 499-508

  Bartos, Maciej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Araneae; Conditional strategy; Predatory behavior; Salticidae; Spider; Yllenus

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; HEMIPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; SALTICIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 40749123961     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/ST06-06.1     Document Type: Article

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