Niche expansion in the spider Wendilgarda galapagensis (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae) on Cocos Island

 

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Egilea: Eberhard, William G.
Formatua: artículo original
Egoera:Versión publicada
Argitaratze data:1989
Deskribapena:Wendilgarda galapagensis, a species endemic to Cocos Island, shows an unusually wide variation in habitat choice, web design, and construction behavior. Differences between W. galapagensis and close relatives are probably derived rather than vestiges of characters of a common ancestor. Cocos lsland has an impoverished fauna, and the derived characters of W. galapagensis may have evolved in response to reduced interspecific competition, reduced predation, or increased intraspecific competition.
Herria:Portal de Revistas UCR
Erakundea:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Hizkuntza:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/23569
Sarrera elektronikoa:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/23569
Gako-hitza:Wendilgarda
spider webs
Cocos Island
competition
niche expansion