Does building activity influence web construction and web characteristics in the orb-web spider Zygiella x-notata (Araneae, Araneidae)?

Zoological Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pasquet, Alain ^a   Marchal, Julia ^b   Anotaux, Mylène ^a   Leborgne, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Experience; Spiders; Stereotyped behaviours; Web characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899823342     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1810-522X-53-11     Document Type: Article

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