The orb-web: an energetic and behavioural estimator of a spider's dynamic foraging and reproductive strategies
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Nightly variations in web dimensions suggest that hungry spiders invest more effort into foraging, while sated spiders re-allocate energy from continued foraging to egg production, and lend support to a seldom-tested tenet of optimal foraging theory: the direct relationship between foraging success and enhanced reproductive fitness.About:
This article is published in Animal Behaviour.The article was published on 1994-07-01 and is currently open access. It has received 180 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Foraging & Optimal foraging theory.read more
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Engineering the Future of Silk Materials through Advanced Manufacturing.
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