Extreme Behavioral Adjustments by an Orb-Web Spider to Restricted Spaces

Ethology

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 438-449

  Barrantes, Gilbert ^a   Eberhard, William G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LIMITING FACTOR; SPACE USE; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

ARANEAE; LEUCAUGE ARGYRA;

EID: 84859755279     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2012.02029.x     Document Type: Article

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