Nutrient-Mediated Architectural Plasticity of a Predatory Trap

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Blamires, Sean J ^a   Tso, I Min ^a,b  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLYCINE; PROLINE; SILK;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL PRODUCT; ARCHITECTURAL PLASTICITY; ARGIOPE AEMULA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOSA MULMEINENSIS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MESH SIZE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; EATING; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PROTEINS; SPIDERS;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARGIOPE AEMULA; CYCLOSA;

EID: 84872799446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054558     Document Type: Article

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