The interaction of season length and development time alters size at maturity

Oecologia

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-59

  Higgins, Linden ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fitness; Life history; Nephila clavipes; Phenology; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

COST; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SIZE AT MATURITY; SPIDER;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NEPHILA CLAVIPES; TETRAGNATHIDAE;

EID: 0033965807     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008835     Document Type: Article

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