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

 

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Údar: Eberhard, William G.
Formáid: artículo original
Stádas:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:1989
Cur Síos: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.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institiúid:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Teanga:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/23569
Rochtain Ar Líne:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/23569
Palabra clave:Wendilgarda
spider webs
Cocos Island
competition
niche expansion