Convergent evolution of antlions and wormlions: similarities and differences in the behavioural ecology of unrelated trap-building predators

Abstract Antlions and wormlions are unrelated insect taxa, but both construct pit traps in loose soil and hunt similar prey. Owing to the likeness of their hunting strategies, and since no other animals construct similar traps, they demonstrate an intriguing case study of convergent evolution. We re...
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Autor*in:

Miler, Krzysztof [verfasserIn]

Scharf, Inon

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2022

Schlagwörter:

Behavioural plasticity

Cognitive ecology

Habitat selection

Soil-dwelling

Myrmeleontidae

Temperature

Vermileonidae

Vibrations

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© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2022

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: Behavioral ecology and sociobiology - Berlin : Springer, 1976, 76(2022), 1 vom: Jan.

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:76 ; year:2022 ; number:1 ; month:01

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DOI / URN:

10.1007/s00265-021-03106-0

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SPR045887705

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