Adhesive efficiency of spider prey capture threads

Zoology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-26

  Opell, Brent D ^a   Schwend, Harold S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Araneoidea; Cribellar thread; Deinapoidea; Orb weavers; Viscous thread

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SILK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADHESIVES; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; PHYLOGENY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PROTEINS; SILK; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARANEOIDEA; DEINOPOIDEA; ULOBORIDAE;

EID: 57649203293     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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