The antipredator efficacy of spider leg autotomy

The effectiveness of leg autotomy in the spider as a defense against two species of predator is examined. The effectiveness of leg autotomy is shown to be dependent on the type of predator.

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Published inAnimal behaviour Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 400 - 401
Main Author Formanowicz, Daniel R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kent Elsevier Ltd 01.08.1990
Elsevier
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Ltd
Subjects
Animal behavior
Animal ethology
Araneae
Biological and medical sciences
Centruroides
centruroides vittatus
Chilopoda
defensive behavior
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Invertebrates
kukulcania hibernalis
legs
Predation
Protozoa. Invertebrata
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
scolopendra polymorpha
Spiders
Arachnida
Invertebrata
Autotomy
Arthropoda
Leg(invertebrata)
Defense
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Summary:The effectiveness of leg autotomy in the spider as a defense against two species of predator is examined. The effectiveness of leg autotomy is shown to be dependent on the type of predator.
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ISSN:0003-3472
1095-8282
DOI:10.1016/S0003-3472(05)80936-4