Can ant-eating Zodarion spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae) develop on a diet optimal for euryphagous arthropod predators?

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-201

  Pekár, Stano ^a   Toft, SØren ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diet; Myrmecophagy; Nutrition; Stenophagy; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FRUIT; HUNGER; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MYRMECOCHORY; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; REARING; SPIDER; TRADE-OFF;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; ZODARIIDAE; ZODARION; ZODARION GERMANICUM;

EID: 65649106184     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2009.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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