Adult size of eight hunting spider species in Central Amazonia: Temporal variations and sexual dimorphisms

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 146-154

  Gasnier, Thierry Ray ^a   De Azevedo, Clarissa Salette ^b   Torres Sanchez, Martha Patricia ^b   Höfer, Hubert ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancylometes; Ctenidae; Ctenus; Phoneutria; Pisauridae; Seasonality; Sex ratio; Sexual size dimorphism; Wandering spiders

Indexed keywords

AMPHORA; ANCYLOMETES RUFUS; ARANEAE; CTENIDAE; CTENUS; CTENUS AMPHORA; CTENUS CRULSI; CTENUS MANAUARA; CTENUS MINOR; CTENUS VILLASBOASI; INVERTEBRATA; PHONEUTRIA; PHONEUTRIA FERA; PHONEUTRIA REIDYI; PISAURIDAE;

EID: 0036018654     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/0161-8202(2002)030[0146:ASOEHS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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