asbio (version 1.0-5)

webs: Spider web length data

Description

Gosline et al. applied heat to strands of spider web to determine whether the structure underlying webs was rubber-like. Data are estimated from a graph in Gosline et al. (1984).

Usage

data(webs)

source

Gosline, J. M., Denny, M. W. and Demont, M. E. (1984). Spider silk as rubber. Nature 309, 551-552.