<p>In experiment 3, the average preference scores (α) (and 95% confidence interval) for spiders that had been on a low quality diet were not significantly different from α = 0.50, which represents random prey selection (dashed horizontal line), whereas spiders on a high quality diet prior to testing showed negative selection for low quality flies (95% CI lies below the line) and positive selection for high quality flies (95% CI is above the line).</p
<p>Spider hunting success vs spider size for white spiders (white circles) and yellow spiders (black...
Selective predation (i.e., non-random feeding) was studied in a laboratory system that allowed indi...
Food preference is an integral part of what defines a species’ niche. Predators within the arthropo...
<p><b>A:</b> The proportion of prey killed was not affected by prey type (i.e. whether they were tes...
Animals practice a wide variety of foraging techniques, all designed to obtain the most energy out o...
<div><p>While foraging theory predicts that predatory responses should be determined by the energy c...
While foraging theory predicts that predatory responses should be determined by the energy content a...
Selective predation (i.e., non-random feeding) was studied in a laboratory system that allowed indi...
International audienceOptimal diet theory (ODT) postulates that predators adjust their foraging deci...
Predators often avoid aposematic prey as a result of aversions to particular prey signals (e.g., bri...
1. In specialised predators a variety of adaptations have evolved to such a level of specificity tha...
There has been an increasing interest in consistent interindividual differences in behavior (i.e., p...
General EcologyWe observed spiders of the family Linyphiidae and genus Pityohyphantes in two differe...
The hypothesis that superfluous killing, partial consumption, and abandonment of prey is a consequen...
The American House Spider (Parasteatoda tepidariorum) is commonly associated with human populations,...
<p>Spider hunting success vs spider size for white spiders (white circles) and yellow spiders (black...
Selective predation (i.e., non-random feeding) was studied in a laboratory system that allowed indi...
Food preference is an integral part of what defines a species’ niche. Predators within the arthropo...
<p><b>A:</b> The proportion of prey killed was not affected by prey type (i.e. whether they were tes...
Animals practice a wide variety of foraging techniques, all designed to obtain the most energy out o...
<div><p>While foraging theory predicts that predatory responses should be determined by the energy c...
While foraging theory predicts that predatory responses should be determined by the energy content a...
Selective predation (i.e., non-random feeding) was studied in a laboratory system that allowed indi...
International audienceOptimal diet theory (ODT) postulates that predators adjust their foraging deci...
Predators often avoid aposematic prey as a result of aversions to particular prey signals (e.g., bri...
1. In specialised predators a variety of adaptations have evolved to such a level of specificity tha...
There has been an increasing interest in consistent interindividual differences in behavior (i.e., p...
General EcologyWe observed spiders of the family Linyphiidae and genus Pityohyphantes in two differe...
The hypothesis that superfluous killing, partial consumption, and abandonment of prey is a consequen...
The American House Spider (Parasteatoda tepidariorum) is commonly associated with human populations,...
<p>Spider hunting success vs spider size for white spiders (white circles) and yellow spiders (black...
Selective predation (i.e., non-random feeding) was studied in a laboratory system that allowed indi...
Food preference is an integral part of what defines a species’ niche. Predators within the arthropo...