Vestiges of an orb-weaving ancestor? The “biogenetic law” and ontogenetic changes in the webs and building behavior of the black widow spider latrodectus geometricus (araneae theridiidae)

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-244

  Eberhard, W G ^a,b   Barrantes, G ^b   Madrigal Brenes, R ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Behavioral ontogeny; Biogenetic law; Comaroma; Orb webs; Spider webs; Wendilgarda

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

ARANEAE; ARANEAE THERIDIIDAE; LATRODECTUS; LATRODECTUS GEOMETRICUS; THERIDIIDAE; THERIDIOSOMATIDAE; WENDILGARDA;

EID: 56749098320     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2008.9522523     Document Type: Article

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