Loss of legs: Is it or not a handicap for an orb-weaving spider?

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 557-564

  Pasquet, Alain ^a,b   Anotaux, Mylène ^a,b   Leborgne, Raymond ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Autotomy; Prey capture; Spider; Web construction; Zygiella x notata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SPIDERS;

EID: 84855175730     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0799-7     Document Type: Article

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