Urbanisation at multiple scales is associated with larger size and higher fecundity of an orb-weaving spider

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Lowe, Elizabeth C ^a   Wilder, Shawn M ^a   Hochuli, Dieter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE; CANOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LIPID ANALYSIS; MICROHABITAT; MORPHOLOGY; NEPHILA; NEPHILA PLUMIPES; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY WEIGHT; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; SPIDERS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84937075804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105480     Document Type: Article

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