Ballooning dispersal in arthropod taxa: Conditions at take-off

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-240

  Reynolds, Andy M ^a   Bohan, David A ^a   Bell, James R ^a,b  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Araneae; Colonization; Dispersal; Linyphiidae; Spider ballooning

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; SPIDER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; FLYING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SPIDER; WEATHER;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; LINYPHIIDAE;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOVEMENT; SPIDERS; WEATHER;

EID: 38449093282     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0109     Document Type: Article

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