Decreased sexual signalling reveals reduced viability in small populations of the drumming wolf spider Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1550, 2004, Pages 1839-1845

  Ahtiainen, Jari J ^a   Alatalo, Rauno V ^a   Mappes, Johanna ^a   Vertainen, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Population status; Reproduction; Sexual selection; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING; SPIDER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HYGROLYCOSA RUBROFASCIATA; INBREEDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPIDER; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINLAND; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARANEAE; HYGROLYCOSA RUBROFASCIATA; LYCOSIDAE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FINLAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPIDERS;

EID: 17044391877     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2791     Document Type: Article

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