Optical cues and vision-based discrimination mechanisms underlying predatory versatility in jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae).

Experimental studies of behaviour were carried out on jumping spiders (Salticidae), with particular attention given to araneophagic species in the genus Portia. Portia fimbriata was the primary species used in experiments. The objective of the research was to clarify mechanisms underlying visual per...

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Main Author: Harland, Duane Peter
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Zoology 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5869