Plasticity in flood-avoiding behaviour in two congeneric riparian wolf spiders

Animal Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-400

  Lambeets, Kevin ^a   Maelfait, Jean Pierre ^b   Bonte, Dries ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioural plasticity; Habitat specialization; Lycosidae; Pardosa agricola; Pardosa amentata; Submersion tolerance

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; FLOOD; MORPHOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPIDER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; PARDOSA; PARDOSA AMENTATA;

EID: 66849118485     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: 15707563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075608X383692     Document Type: Article

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