Effects of autotomy and regeneration on detection and capture of prey in a generalist predator

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1282-1288

  Wrinn, Kerri M ^a,b   Uetz, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotomy; Prey capture; Regeneration; Wolf spiders

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; CRICKET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY CAPTURE; REGENERATION; SPIDER; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; INVERTEBRATA; LYCOSIDAE; SCHIZOCOSA OCREATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 56449115676     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn077     Document Type: Article

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