Evidence for Rensch's rule in an orb-web spider with moderate sexual size dimorphism

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 667-683

  Kleinteich, Anja ^a   Schneider, Jutta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bridge spider; Genotype environment interaction; Larinioides sclopetarius; Life history; Rensch's rule; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; LARINIOIDES SCLOPETARIUS;

EID: 77957788616     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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