Site fidelity and the costs of movement among territories: An example from colonial web-building spiders

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2094-2100

  Jakob, Elizabeth M ^a   Porter, Adam H ^a   Uetz, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; RELOCATION;

ESTABLISHMENT COSTS;

BIODIVERSITY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SITE FIDELITY; SPIDER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; METEPEIRA; METEPEIRA INCRASSATA;

EID: 0035719909     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z01-179     Document Type: Article

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