Mesh width influences prey retention in spider orb webs

By T. Blackledge, Jacquelyn M. Zevenbergen. 2006

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Subfields: Genetics

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1. M. Kuntner
2. I. Agnarsson
3. T. Blackledge
4. Jonathan Coddington
5. G. Hormiga
6. William G. Eberhard
7. H. W. Levi

Citations in the corpus

• The Form and Function of Spider Orb Webs: Evolution from Silk to Ecosystems (2011, background): “In particular, mesh width, or the spacing between rows of capture spiral is one of the most variable features of orb webs among species but directly influences the total adhesive force applied to an insect by a web (Blackledge and Eliason, 2007; Blackledge and Zevenbergen, 2006).”