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 J.E., Somers M.J., Chown S.L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Araneae; Bergman body size cline; Marion Island; Myro kerguelenensis; resource limitation; Antarctic; Myro; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20507; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102011000629

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 altitudinal...