Plasticity in extended phenotypes: Orb web architectural responses to variations in prey parameters

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3207-3212

  Blamires, Sean J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Niche construction; Nutrients; Orb web spider; Prey features; Trade offs; Web architecture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SILK; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; PHENOTYPE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SILK; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; ARGIOPE KEYSERLINGI; BLATTARIA; GRYLLIDAE;

EID: 77956367909     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.045583     Document Type: Article

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