Factors Influencing Web Tenure in a Tropical Spider and Comparison between Forest and Non-forest Habitats
Webs are fundamental to the ecology of Nephila clavipes, the golden orb-weaver spider, because they serve as sites for prey capture, reproduction, competition, predation, and parasitism. In addition to the presence of the female N. clavipes, males and kleptoparasites reside on the web in varying num...
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Scholarship @ Claremont
2012
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| Online Access: | http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/166 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1313&context=scripps_theses |