A new view of orb webs: Multiple trap designs in a single structure

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 437-449

  Eberhard, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Orb webs; Orbicularian spiders; Radius density hypothesis

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; GEOMETRY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPIDER; TAXONOMY; TRAPPING; TYPOLOGY;

ARANEAE; NEPHILA CLAVIPES; ORBICULARIA;

EID: 84892529731     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12207     Document Type: Article

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