The mechanism behind plasticity of web-building behavior in an orb spider facing spatial constraints

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 311-314

  Hesselberg, Thomas ^a,b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral flexibility; Eustala illicita; Experience; Learning; Web geometry

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE;

EID: 84924801962     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/J14-05.1     Document Type: Article

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