Maternal effects on egg investment and offspring performance inblack widow spiders

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 91, Issue , 2014, Pages 67-73

  Johnson, J Chadwick ^a   Miles, Lindsay S ^a   Trubl, Patricia J ^a   Hagenmaier, Alycia ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Black widow spider; Cannibalism; Indirect genetic effect; Latrodectus hesperus; Maternal effect; Maternal investment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BODY CONDITION; CANNIBALISM; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FECUNDITY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPIDER;

EID: 84896934119     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.02.031     Document Type: Article

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