Discoid decorations function to shield juvenile Argiope spiders from avian predator attacks

Abstract Decorating behavior is common in various animal taxa and serves a variety of functions from camouflage to communication. One predominant function cited for decoration is to avoid predators. Conspicuous, disc-like (discoid) silk decorations spun by orb-web Argiope juvenile spiders are hypoth...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Behavioral ecology 2021-12, Vol.32 (6), p.1230-1239
Hauptverfasser:	Wang, Bingjun, Yu, Long, Ma, Nina, Zhang, Zengtao, Liu, Qian, Fan, Wenrui, Rong, Yu, Zhang, Shichang, Li, Daiqin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
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