The effects of wind on trap structural and material properties of a sit-and-wait predator

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1194-1203

  Liao, Chen Pan ^a   Chi, Kai Jung ^b   Tso, I Min ^b,c  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cyclosa; Drag; Major ampullate silk; Web geometry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID; GEOMETRY; PREY CAPTURE; SECRETION; SPIDER; WIND;

ARANEAE; CYCLOSA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 70450253256     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp119     Document Type: Article

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