Mortality risk of rapid growth in the spider Nephila clavipes

Functional Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 24-28

  Higgins, L E ^a   Rankin, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aranea; Fitness costs; Growth rates; Plasticity; Tetragnathidae

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

EID: 0035125279     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2001.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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