Mass predicts web asymmetry in Nephila spiders

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1097-1105

  Kuntner, Matjaž ^a   Gregorič, Matjaž ^a   Li, Daiqin ^b,c  

^a ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allometry; Biogenetic law; Nephila pilipes; Nephilidae; Ontogeny; Size limitation hypothesis; Spider web architecture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOMETRY; ASYMMETRY; BODY SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAVITY FIELD; JUVENILE; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENETICS; SELECTION; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; NEPHILA; NEPHILA PILIPES;

EID: 78650000538     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0736-1     Document Type: Article

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