Saline stress tolerance partly matches with habitat preference in ground-living wolf spiders

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-172

  Pétillon, Julien ^a,b   Lambeets, Kevin ^c   Ract Madoux, Brunilde ^a   Vernon, Philippe ^d   Renault, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental stress; Habitat specialization; Interspecific comparison; Pardosa spp.; Physiological tolerance; Salinity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HABITAT SELECTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SALTMARSH; SPECIALIZATION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; PARDOSA; PARDOSA AGRESTIS;

EID: 79955804229     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2011.00778.x     Document Type: Article

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