Developmental strategies in an invasive spider: Constraints and plasticity

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-93

  Kleinteich, Anja ^a   Schneider, Jutta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthropod development; Bridge spider; Dyar's rule; Growth patterns; Invasive species; Larinioides sclopetarius; Life history; Plasticity; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; BODY SIZE; COLONIZATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOLT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SPIDER; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; LARINIOIDES SCLOPETARIUS;

EID: 78650927848     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01249.x     Document Type: Article

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