Effects of maternal body size on clutch size and egg weight in a pholcid spider (Holocnemus pluchei)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 305-308

  Skow, Christa D ^a   Jakob, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Egg size; Fecundity; Fitness; Pholcidae

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; HOLOCNEMUS; HOLOCNEMUS PLUCHEI; INVERTEBRATA; PHOLCIDAE;

EID: 0242277190     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/01-85     Document Type: Article

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