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Spider silk reduces insect herbivory

The role of predators in food webs extends beyond their ability to kill and consume prey. Such trait-mediated effects occur when signals of the predator influence the behaviour of other animals. Because all spiders are silk-producing carnivores, we hypothesized that silk alone would signal other art...

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Main Authors: Rypstra, Ann L., Buddle, Christopher M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3565514/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23193048
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2012.0948
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