Spider orientation and hub position in orb webs

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-52

  Zschokke, Samuel ^a   Nakata, Kensuke ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b NAGASAKI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO KEIZAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Central place foraging; Gravity; Spider web; Up down asymmetry; Web design

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL PLACE FORAGING; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOUSING, ANIMAL; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PROBABILITY; SPIDERS; TERRITORIALITY;

ARANEAE; ARANEOIDEA; ULOBORIDAE;

EID: 73649147004     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0609-7     Document Type: Article

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