What is the function of 'pre-dispersal' behavior in juvenile social spiders (Stegodyphus dumicola: Eresidae)?

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-84

  Lubin, Yael ^a   Suter, Robert B ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballooning; bridging; tiptoe behavior; web building; wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ERESIDAE; STEGODYPHUS DUMICOLA;

EID: 84875976305     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/Hi11-51.1     Document Type: Article

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