| Insects from the grazing food web favoured the evolutionary habitat shift to bright environments in araneoid spiders. | |
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PMID: 17148289 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The Araneoidea comprises a diverse group of web-building spiders, and part of this diversity is believed attributable to habitat expansion to bright environments. We clarified the fitness-related advantages of living in such environments by examining prey availability and the growth rates of 10 species in three families inhabiting grassland (bright) and forest understory (dim) habitats. Spiders in the grassland habitat captured more prey, derived mainly from the grazing food web, than those in the forest-floor environment, and this difference was manifested in their growth rate. Independent contrasts indicated that increased utilization of insects from the grazing food web led to an evolutionary increase in adult body size. These results suggest that the shift to bright environments enabled araneoid spiders to evolve diverse life-history traits, including rapid growth and large size, which were not possible in dim environments. |
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Authors:
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Tadashi Miyashita; Aya Shimazaki |
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Biology letters Volume: 2 ISSN: 1744-9561 ISO Abbreviation: Biol. Lett. Publication Date: 2006 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-12-06 Completed Date: 2008-08-14 Revised Date: 2009-11-18 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101247722 Medline TA: Biol Lett Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 565-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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School of Agriculture & Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan. tmiya@es.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
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Analysis of Variance Animals Body Size / physiology Ecosystem* Evolution* Food Chain Insects / physiology* Light* Predatory Behavior / physiology Spiders / physiology* |
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