The allometry of CNS size and consequences of miniaturization in orb-weaving and cleptoparasitic spiders

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 521-529

  Quesada, Rosannette ^a,b   Triana, Emilia ^a,b   Vargas, Gloria ^a,b   Douglass, John K ^a   Seid, Marc A ^a   Niven, Jeremy E ^a   Eberhard, William G ^a,b   Wcislo, William T ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Allometry; Araneae; Cleptoparasitic spiders; Miniaturization; Orb web spiders

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SPIDERS;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; BOERHAVIA; LEUCAUGE MARIANA; ORBICULARIA;

EID: 81255208471     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: 18735495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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