Firefly flashing and jumping spider predation

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-86

  Long, Skye M ^a   Lewis, Sara ^b   Jean Louis, Leo ^a   Ramos, George ^a   Richmond, Jamie ^a   Jakob, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aposematic; Firefly; Flashing; Jumping spider; Learning; Phidippus; Photuris; Predation; Startle response

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; APOSEMATISM; BEETLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CRICKET; DAY LENGTH; LEARNING; PALATABILITY; PREDATION; SIGNAL; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ELLYCHNIA CORRUSCA; GRYLLIDAE; LAMPYRIDAE; PHIDIPPUS; PHIDIPPUS AUDAX; PHOTURIS; SALTICIDAE;

EID: 83555166028     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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