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Trichobothrial mediation of an aquatic escape response: Directional jumps by the fishing spider, Dolomedes triton, foil frog attacks

Fishing spiders (Pisauridae) frequent the surfaces of ponds and streams and thereby expose themselves to predation by a variety of aquatic and semi-aquatic vertebrates. To assess the possibility that the impressive jumps of fishing spiders from the water surface function in evading attacks by frogs,...

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Autor principal: Suter, Robert. B.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of Arizona Library 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC524682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15841235