Senescence and food limitation in a slowly ageing spider

Functional Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 734-741

  Moya Larano J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burrowing wolf spider; Lycosa tarantula; Reproductive performance; Reproductive success; Territorial predator

Indexed keywords

FOOD LIMITATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; CANIS; INVERTEBRATA; LYCOSA; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 0036944569     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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