The effects of morphology and substrate diameter on climbing and locomotor performance in male spiders

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 400-408

  Prenter, John ^a   Pérez Staples, Diana ^a   Taylor, Phillip W ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gravity hypothesis; Motility; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOTILITY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPIDER; SUBSTRATE; VEGETATION TYPE;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARGIOPE KEYSERLINGI; JACKSONOIDES; MOYA; NEPHILA PLUMIPES; SALTICIDAE;

EID: 77950287942     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01633.x     Document Type: Article

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