The effect of colour variation in predators on the behaviour of pollinators: Australian crab spiders and native bees

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-81

  Llandres, Ana L ^a   Gawryszewski, Felipe M ^b   Heiling, Astrid M ^b   Herberstein, Marie E ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian native bees; Predator prey coevolution; Prey attraction; Spider colour variation; Thomisidae; UV

Indexed keywords

BEE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COEVOLUTION; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MUTUALISM; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATOR; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; REFLECTANCE; SPIDER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

APOIDEA; ARANEAE; AUSTROPLEBEIA AUSTRALIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIAEA; THOMISIDAE; THOMISUS SPECTABILIS; TRIGONA CARBONARIA;

EID: 78650947887     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01246.x     Document Type: Article

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