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Top-bottom asymmetry in vertical orbwebs: a functional explanation and attendant complications

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The distribution of entangled insects (=actual prey) in symmetrical and asymmetrical orbwebs of four tropical araneid spiders was studied. Both web types show a inhomogeneous insect distribution between individual web sections. Possible explanations are discussed but do not completely explain the inhomogeneous insect distribution.

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  1. Fachbereich Biologie der Universität, Postfach 1929, D-3550, Marburg, Federal Republic of Germany

    Wolfgang Nentwig

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Nentwig, W. Top-bottom asymmetry in vertical orbwebs: a functional explanation and attendant complications. Oecologia 67, 111–112 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00378459

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