Experimental evidence for the amelioration of shadow competition in an orb-web spider through the 'Ricochet' effect

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 691-697

  Rao, Dinesh ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; CONSPECIFIC; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

ARANEAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 67449146315     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01656.x     Document Type: Article

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