Repeatability of dispersal behaviour in a common dwarf spider: Evidence for different mechanisms behind short- and long-distance dispersal

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 271-276

  Bonte, Dries ^a,b   Clercq, Nele De ^a   Zwertvaegher, Ingrid ^a   Lens, Luc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consistency; Erigone atra; Evolution; Silk

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HERITABILITY; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ERIGONE ATRA; LINYPHIIDAE;

EID: 60849122569     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01070.x     Document Type: Article

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