Impact of a catastrophic natural disturbance on fluctuating asymmetry (fa) in a wolf spider

Ecoscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 379-386

  Uetz, George W ^a   Roberts, J Andrew ^b   Wrinn, Kerri M ^c   Polak, Michal ^a   Cameron, Guy N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental instability; Fluctuating asymmetry; Large infrequent disturbances (LID); Spiders, tornado

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIGITAL IMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL DISASTER; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPIDER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LYCOSIDAE; SCHIZOCOSA OCREATA;

EID: 76149143772     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/16-3-3261     Document Type: Article

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