Fecundity increase supports adaptive radiation hypothesis in spider web evolution

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 459-463

  Blackledge, Todd A ^a   Coddington, Jonathan A ^b   Agnarsson, Ingi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Life history; Natural selection; Orb web; Prey capture; Reproduction; Silk; Spider

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; RTA CLADE;

EID: 77951949301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.2.6.8855     Document Type: Article

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