Relationship between fluctuating asymmetry and fitness within and between stressed and unstressed populations of the wolf spider Pirata piraticus

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1270-1279

  Hendrickx, F ^a   Maelfait, J P ^a,b   Lens, L ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Developmental selection hypothesis; Egg size; Fluctuating asymmetry; Heavy metals; Reproductive output; Stress

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FITNESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; HEAVY METAL; REPRODUCTION; SPIDER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPIDER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; METALS; OVUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPIDERS;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; CANIS; LYCOSIDAE; PIRATA;

EID: 0242627650     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00633.x     Document Type: Article

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