Small within-clutch variance in spiderling body size as a mechanism for avoiding sibling cannibalism in the wolf spider Pardosa pseudoannulata (Araneae: Lycosidae)

Population Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Iida, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carnivorous arthropods; Coefficient of variation (CV); Size difference

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CANNIBALISM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BOERHAVIA; CANIS; INVERTEBRATA; LYCOSIDAE; PARDOSA; PARDOSA PSEUDOANNULATA;

EID: 0038481151     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-002-0133-5     Document Type: Article

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