Spatial and temporal variation in a suite of life-history traits in two species of wolf spider

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 488-496

  Reed, David H ^a   Nicholas, Amy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental correlations; Environmental stochasticity; Fitness; Lifehistory evolution; Population dynamics; Wolf spiders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; FECUNDITY; FEMALE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPIDER; SYMPATRY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARANEAE; INVERTEBRATA; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 64549163356     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.00994.x     Document Type: Article

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