Insect form vision as one potential shaping force of spider web decoration design

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 759-768

  Cheng, R C ^a   Yang, E C ^b   Lin, C P ^a,c   Herberstein, M E ^d   Tso, I M ^a,c  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Araneidae; Argiope; Orb web; Stabilimentum; Visual ecology; Web decoration

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; INSECT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILK; SPIDER; VISION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INSECTS; PHYLOGENY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILK; SPIDERS; VISION, OCULAR;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARGIOPE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 76749139460     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.037291     Document Type: Article

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