Prey capture in orb weaving spiders: Are we using the best metric?

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-210

  Blackledge, Todd A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging theory; optimal foraging; rare event; risk sensitivity; spider web

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; HEXAPODA; ZYGIELLA X-NOTATA;

EID: 80051474070     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/Chi10-52.1     Document Type: Article

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