Social environment and feeding state influence movement decisions in a web-building spider

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 916-927

  Salomon, Maxence ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; CONSPECIFIC; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; MICROHABITAT; MOVEMENT; RESIDENCE TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; LATRODECTUS HESPERUS;

EID: 69949103696     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01682.x     Document Type: Article

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