The role of numerical competence in a specialized predatory strategy of an araneophagic spider

Animal Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 699-710

  Nelson, Ximena J ^a   Jackson, Robert R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Araneophagy; Communal predation; Numerical ability; Numerosity discrimination; Prototype matching; Salticidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SIZE PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; INVERTEBRATA; OECOBIIDAE; OECOBIUS; SALTICIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84862613387     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-012-0498-6     Document Type: Article

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