Innate prey preference overridden by familiarisation with detrimental prey in a specialised myrmecophagous predator
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Naturwissenschaften |
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| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-015-1257-8 |
| Field | Zoology |
| Keywords | spiders; specialist; myrmecophagy |
| Description | Prey-specialised spiders often do not have brood care and may not deposit eggs in the proximity of the preferred prey. Thus, naive spiderlings are left to their own to find their focal prey. Our aim was to reveal whether the choice of a specific prey is innate and whether familiarisation with a certain prey will condition prey choice. |
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