The effect of dietary restriction on the lifespan of males in a web-building spider

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 697-704

  Segoli, Michal ^a   Lubin, Yael ^a   Harari, Ally R ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dietary restriction; Lifespan; Web building spider

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; LATRODECTUS PALLIDUS;

EID: 34347244850     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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