Wasteful Killing in Urban Black Widows: Gluttony in Response to Food Abundance

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 236-245

  Trubl, Patricia ^a   Blackmore, Valerie ^a   Chadwick Johnson, J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; MATE ATTRACTION; PREDATION RISK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPIDER; URBAN AREA;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; LATRODECTUS; LATRODECTUS HESPERUS;

EID: 79551535512     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01870.x     Document Type: Article

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