| Description |
xii, 391 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: spider biology -- 2. Flexibility in the foraging strategies of spiders -- 3. Spider webs: evolution, diversity and plasticity -- 4. Flexible use of anti-predator defences -- 5. Communication -- 6. Deceptive signals in spiders -- 7. Mating behaviour and sexual selection -- 8. Group living in spiders: cooperative breeding and coloniality -- 9. Plasticity, learning and cognition -- 10. Kleptoparasitic spiders of the subfamily Argyrodinae: a special case of behavioural plasticity |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Spiders -- Behavior.
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| Author |
Herberstein, Marie Elisabeth.
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| LC no. |
2011281640 |
| ISBN |
0521749271 (paperback) |
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0521765293 (hbk.) |
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9780521749275 (paperback) |
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9780521765299 (hbk.) |
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