Effects of leg loss on male crab spiders Misumena vatia

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1519-1527

  Lutzy, Rebecca M ^a   Morse, Douglass H ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

activity level; crab spider; fitness effect; leg autotomy; Misumena vatia

Indexed keywords

AUTOTOMY; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MOBILITY; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MISUMENA VATIA; THOMISIDAE;

EID: 53549104981     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.04.025     Document Type: Article

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