Drinking behaviour of the orb web spider Argiope bruennichi (Araneae; Araneidae)

Behaviour

Volumn 148, Issue 11-13, 2011, Pages 1297-1311

  Walter, André ^a   Westphal, Constanze ^b   Bliss, Peter ^b   Moritz, Robin F A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argiope; drinking behaviour; orb web spiders; water balance; web hub

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455188165     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579511X603292     Document Type: Article

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