The aggregating behaviour of Argiope radon, with special reference to web decorations

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-42

  Rao, Dinesh ^a   Webster, Malcolm ^a   Heiling, Astrid M ^a   Bruce, Matthew J ^b   Herberstein, Marie E ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggregations; Araneidae; Argiope radon; Reflectance; Stabilimenta; Web decorations

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARGIOPE;

EID: 58149288359     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-007-0080-x     Document Type: Article

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