Prey-race drives differentiation of biotypes in ant-eating spiders

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 838-848

  Pekar S ^a   Smerda J ^a   Hruskova M ^a   Sedo O ^b   Muster, C ^c   Cardoso, P ^d,e   Zdrahal Z ^b   Korenko, S ^a   Bures P ^a   Liznarova E ^a   Sentenska L ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CENTRAL EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological speciation; Phylogeography; Prey capture trade offs; Specialized predator; Venom composition

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; SPIDER VENOM;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANT; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOTYPE; DIVERGENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HOST SELECTION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PREDATOR; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PREY CAPTURE; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPIDER; SYMPATRY; TRADE-OFF; VENOM;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC SPECIATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; MADEIRA; PORTUGAL;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; CAMPONOTUS; FORMICIDAE; MESSOR; ZODARION;

EID: 84862697213     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01957.x     Document Type: Article

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