How did the spider cross the river? behavioral adaptations for river-bridging webs in Caerostris darwini (Araneae: Araneidae)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

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

^a Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BIOMECHANICS; CAEROSTRIS DARWINI; COEVOLUTION; FEMALE; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SILK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER; WEB; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; CAEROSTRIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RIVERS; SILK; SPIDERS;

EID: 80055031256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026847     Document Type: Article

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