Optimal climbing speed explains the evolution of extreme sexual size dimorphism in spiders

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 954-963

  Moya LaraNo J ^a   VinkoviC D ^b   Allard, C M ^c   Foellmer, M W ^d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Araneomorphae; Biomechanics; Dwarf males; Gravity hypothesis; Mate search; Muscle physiology; Scramble competition; Sexual size dimorphism; Spiders; Stabilizing selection

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); MATING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPIDER; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPIDER;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPIDERS;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARANEOMORPHAE;

EID: 65249176323     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01707.x     Document Type: Article

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