Silk elasticity as a potential constraint on spider body size

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 430-435

  Rodríguez Gironés, Miguel A ^a   Corcobado, Guadalupe ^a   Moya Laraño, Jordi ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Dispersal; Minor ampullate silk; Radiation; Sexual size dimorphism (SSD)

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DISPERSAL; ELASTICITY; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROTEIN; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPIDER;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY GROWTH; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SILK; SPIDER; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; WALKING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SILK; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE;

EID: 77954851483     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.06.031     Document Type: Article

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