Black widows on an urban heat island: extreme heat affects spider development and behaviour from egg to adulthood
J. Chadwick Johnson, Emily Garver, Taylor Martin
Topics & Concepts
Urban heat islandEcologyPredationUrbanizationBiologyPhenotypic plasticityPopulationCourtshipSpiderPredatorDevelopmental plasticityAbiotic componentWolf spiderMicroclimateUrban ecologyDemographyPlasticitySociologyThermodynamicsPhysicsPhysiological and biochemical adaptationsNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior