Are smaller animals behaviourally limited? Lack of clear constraints in miniature spiders

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 813-823

  Eberhard, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Miniaturization; Orb weaving behaviour

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DECISION MAKING; EGG SIZE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SELECTION; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE;

EID: 79952737561     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

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