Inbreeding levels and prey abundance interact to determine fecundity in natural populations of two species of wolf spider

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1061-1071

  Reed, David H ^a   Nicholas, Amy C ^a   Stratton, Gail E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Fitness; Genetic diversity; Genetic stochasticity; Population size; Prey consumption; Wolf spiders

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; EXTINCTION; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; INBREEDING; POPULATION SIZE; SPIDER; STOCHASTICITY;

ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; RABIDOSA PUNCTULATA; RABIDOSA RABIDA;

EID: 34547424318     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-006-9260-4     Document Type: Article

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