Predator perception of detritus and eggsac decorations spun by orb-web spiders Cyclosa octotuberculata: Do they function to camouflage the spiders?

Current Zoology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 379-387

  Gan, Wenjin ^a   Liu, Fengxiang ^a   Zhang, Zengtao ^a   Li, Daiqin ^a,b  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Achromatic contrast; Camouflage; Chromatic contrast; Cyclosa octotuberculata; References; Spider; Web decorations

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; AVES; CYCLOSA; CYCLOSA OCTOTUBERCULATA;

EID: 77952830798     PISSN: 00017302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/56.3.379     Document Type: Article

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