Broad-scale rather than fine-scale environmental variation drives body size in a wandering predator (Araneae, Lycosidae)

Body size is one of the most important individual traits, determining various other life-history traits, including fitness. Both evolutionary and ecological factors shape the body size in arthropods, but the relative contribution of abiotic drivers acting at different spatial scales has been little...

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Main Authors: Nils Hein, Julien Pétillon, Roland Pape, Hannes Feilhauer, Kim A. Vanselow, Jörg Löffler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2019.1640039