Spatial learning affects thread tension control in orb-web spiders

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Nakata, Kensuke ^a  

^a KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foraging strategy; Tactile sense; Thread tension; Vibration signals from prey

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIGNAL; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

ARANEAE; CYCLOSA OCTOTUBERCULATA;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; LEARNING; LIMB; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPIDER; ARTICLE; FORAGING STRATEGY; THREAD TENSION; TOUCH; VIBRATION SIGNALS FROM PREY;

ANIMALS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; LEARNING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPIDERS;

FORAGING STRATEGY; TACTILE SENSE; THREAD TENSION; VIBRATION SIGNALS FROM PREY;

EID: 84880843784     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0052     Document Type: Article

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