Gradients of precipitation and ant abundance may contribute to the altitudinal range limit of subsocial spiders: Insights from a transplant experiment

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1651, 2008, Pages 2617-2625

  Purcell, Jessica ^a   Avilés, Leticia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Dispersal; Local adaptation; Predation; Rain exclosure; Theridiidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALTITUDE; ANT; COLONIZATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORTALITY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PREDATION; RAINFOREST; SPIDER;

ANELOSIMUS BAEZA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAIN FOREST; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPIDER; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANELOSIMUS; ARANEAE; FORMICIDAE; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 54249109334     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0582     Document Type: Article

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