Multiple structures interactively influence prey capture efficiency in spider orb webs

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 947-953

  Blamires, Sean J ^a   Lee, Yat Hung ^a   Chang, Chia Ming ^a   Lin, Ing Ting ^a   Chen, Jou An ^a   Lin, Tzu Yi ^a   Tso, I Min ^a,b  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Animal structure; Barrier web; Extended phenotype; Interactive benefit; Orb web; Prey carcass decoration

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; PREY CAPTURE; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; CYCLOSA; NEPHILA CLAVATA;

EID: 78549293040     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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