Dietary and prey-capture adaptations by which Zodarion germanicum, an ant-eating spider (Araneae: Zodariidae), specialises on the Formicinae

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-239

  Pekar S ^a   Toft, S ^b   Hruskova M ^a   Mayntz, D ^c  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ants; Formicidae; Myrmecophagy; Prey specialisation; Spiders

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LIPID; NITROGEN;

ANT; DIET; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MYRMECOCHORY; PREY CAPTURE; SPECIALIZATION; SPIDER; VENOM;

ADAPTATION; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; LONGEVITY; MACRONUTRIENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY; PREY SELECTION; SPIDER; ZODARION GERMANICUM;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTS; DIET; LARVA; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; ZODARIIDAE; ZODARION GERMANICUM;

EID: 43049156310     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0322-3     Document Type: Article

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