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Nutrient-Mediated Architectural Plasticity of a Predatory Trap

BACKGROUND: Nutrients such as protein may be actively sought by foraging animals. Many predators exhibit foraging plasticity, but how their foraging strategies are affected when faced with nutrient deprivation is largely unknown. In spiders, the assimilation of protein into silk may be in conflict w...

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Autores principales: Blamires, Sean J., Tso, I-Min
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3551802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23349928
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054558