Density, body size and sex ratio of an indigenous spider along an altitudinal gradient in the sub-Antarctic

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Lee, Jennifer E., Somers, Michael J., Chown, Steven L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2011
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; Myro; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Marion Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102011000629; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102011000629

Abstract Although spiders are a diverse and ecologically important group of predators across the sub-Antarctic islands, relatively little is known about their biology. Here we provide data on the abundance, body size variation and sex ratio of an indigenous spider, Myro kerguelenensis , across an al...