Stingless bee interception is not affected by variations in spider silk decoration

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-161

  Rao, Dinesh ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Argiope keyserlingi; decorations; predator prey interactions; stabilimenta; Trigona carbonaria

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; ARANEAE; ARGIOPE KEYSERLINGI; HEXAPODA; MELIPONINAE; TRIGONA CARBONARIA;

EID: 77956676185     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/St08-41.1     Document Type: Article

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