Evolution of stenophagy in spiders (Araneae): evidence based on the comparative analysis of spider diets

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Authors	PEKÁR Stanislav CODDINGTON J.A. BLACKLEDGE T.
Year of publication	2012
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Evolution : international journal of organic evolution
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01471.x
Field	Zoology
Keywords	Polyphagy;predator;prey;prey specificity;trophic niche
Description	We used spiders, the most diversified group of terrestrial predators, to investigate whether stenophagy (1) promoted diversification; (2) was phylogenetically conserved and evolutionarily derived state; and (3) was determined either by geographical distribution and foraging guild.
Related projects:	Diversity of Biotic Communities and Populations: Causal Analysis of variation in space and time