Lack of homeward orientation and increased mobility result in high emigration rates from low-quality fragments in a dune wolf spider

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 643-650

  Bonte, Dries ^a   Lens, Luc ^a   Maelfait, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Allee effect; Dispersal; Field experiment; Pardosa monticola; Sexual variation

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; DISPERSAL; EMIGRATION; MOBILITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ARANEAE; BRYOPHYTA; CANIS; LYCOSIDAE; MONTICOLA; PARDOSA;

EID: 3142656841     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00838.x     Document Type: Article

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