Harvest-ironman: Heavy armature, and not its defensive secretions, protects a harvestman against a spider

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-133

  Souza, Elene da Silva ^a   Willemart, Rodrigo H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Araneae; Defensive behaviour; Foraging; Multiple defences; Opiliones; Prey capture; Scent gland; Sclerotization; Tegument

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; ARACHNID; CRICKET; NATURAL SELECTION; PREY CAPTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; DISCOCYRTUS; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS; INVERTEBRATA; OPILIONES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650222216     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.09.023     Document Type: Article

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