Signals for damage control: Web decorations in Argiope keyserlingi (Araneae: Araneidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1909-1915

  Walter, André ^a   Elgar, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Argiope; Capture strategy; Prey attraction; St. Andrew's cross spider; Visual signals; Web decoration; Web protection

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; PREY CAPTURE; SIGNAL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPIDER; SURVIVAL; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARGIOPE; ARGIOPE KEYSERLINGI;

EID: 80052767338     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1200-8     Document Type: Article

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