Optimal web investment in sub-optimal foraging conditions

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-70

  Harmer, Aaron M T ^a   Kokko, Hanna ^b   Herberstein, Marie E ^a   Madin, Joshua S ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central place foraging; Ladder web; Optimal foraging; Spider web

Indexed keywords

ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOMETRY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MICROHABITAT; OPTIMIZATION; PREY PREFERENCE; SPACE USE; SPIDER; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE;

EID: 84857049050     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0862-4     Document Type: Article

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