The form and function of spider orb webs. Evolution from silk to ecosystems

Advances in Insect Physiology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2011, Pages 175-262

  Blackledge, Todd A ^a   Kuntner, Matjaž ^b   Agnarsson, Ingi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Araneidae; Bio inspired design; Biomimicry; Extended phenotype; Flagelliform silk; Foraging behaviour; Major ampullate spidroin; Spider web; Structural protein; Theridiidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054099892     PISSN: 00652806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-415919-8.00004-5     Document Type: Chapter

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