A review of the evolution and mechanisms of ballooning by spiders inhabiting arable farmland

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 307-326

  Weyman, G S ^a   Sunderland, K D ^b   Jepson, P C ^c  

^a JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acari; Aeronautic; Agriculture; Araneae; Dispersal; Ecology; Evolution; Linyphiidae

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; EVOLUTION; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; SPIDER;

ACARI; ARANEAE; INVERTEBRATA; LINYPHIIDAE;

EID: 0036976084     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2002.9522733     Document Type: Article

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