Regulation of the number of spiders participating in collective prey transport in the social spider Anelosimus eximius (Araneae, Theridiidae)

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 327, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 763-772

  Vakanas, Guillaume ^a   Krafft, Bertrand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Coordination; Predation; Self organisation; Spider; Transport

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SELF ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL INSECT; SPIDER;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COOPERATION; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY; PREY SELECTION; RISK FACTOR; SPIDER; VIBRATION SENSE;

ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIPTERA; GRYLLIDAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPIDERS; VIBRATION;

ANELOSIMUS EXIMIUS; ARANEAE; ARANEAE THERIDIIDAE; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 9244254314     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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