Reverse positional orientation in a neotropical orb-web spider, Verrucosa arenata

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 699-703

  Rao, Dinesh ^a   Fernandez, Oscar Ceballos ^a   Castañeda Barbosa, Ernesto ^a   Díaz Fleischer, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Araneidae; Asymmetry; Predator prey interactions; Running speed; Web structure

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPIDER; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RUNNING; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RUNNING; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; VERRUCOSA ARENATA;

EID: 79961208739     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0811-2     Document Type: Article

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