David and Goliath: potent venom of an ant-eating spider (Araneae) enables capture of a giant prey

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Authors	PEKÁR Stanislav ŠEDO Ondrej LÍZNAROVÁ Eva KORENKO Stanislav ZDRÁHAL Zbyněk
Year of publication	2014
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Naturwissenschaften
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Web	http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/840/art%253A10.1007%252Fs00114-014-1189-8.pdf?auth66=1412164321_88215bd011913ea21a9442548e7e3aad&ext=.pdf
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-014-1189-8
Field	Zoology
Keywords	Adaptations . Ant-eater . Araneae . Venom . Specialist
Attached files	pekaretal14.pdf
Description	We studied the trophic niche of this spider species and investigated its adaptations (behavioural and venomic) that are used to capture ants.
Related projects:	CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology CEITEC - open access