Anti-predator crèches and aggregations of ant-mimicking jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 475-481

  Nelson, Ximena J ^a,c   Jackson, Robert R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Batesian mimicry; Parental care; Predator protection; Salticid; Sociality

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; OVIPOSITION; PARENTAL CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDER; SURVIVAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ARANEAE; MYRMARACHNE ASSIMILIS; OECOPHYLLA SMARAGDINA; OECOPHYLLINI; SALTICIDAE;

EID: 45249088760     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01006.x     Document Type: Article

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