Ageing alters spider orb-web construction

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1113-1121

  Anotaux, M ^a   Marchal, J ^b   Chaline N ^c   Desquilbet, L ^d   Leborgne, R ^a   Gilbert, C ^b,e   Pasquet, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b Muséum National d'Histoire Naturel   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^d Alfort National Veterinary School (ENVA)   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Orb web; Spider; Web anomaly; Web investment; Zygiella x notata

Indexed keywords

AGING; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY MASS; COGNITION; GEOMETRY; LOCOMOTION; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR;

ARANEAE; INVERTEBRATA; ZYGIELLA X-NOTATA;

EID: 84867731735     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.08.017     Document Type: Article

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