Elongated orb-webs of Australian ladder-web spiders (Araneidae: Telaprocera) and the significance of orb-web elongation

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 453-460

  Harmer, Aaron M T ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ladder web; Orb web; Telaprocera; Web modification; Web building behaviour

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 70349513915     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-008-0142-8     Document Type: Article

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