Offspring; Elevation; Trade-off; Temperature rise; Norway

Egg Size versus Egg Number Trade-off in the Alpine-Tundra Wolf Spider, Pardosa Palustris (Araneae: Lycosidae)

The effect of environmental conditions on reproductive traits in spiders is not completely understood. We studied the trade-off between the egg number and egg size of a common spider species along an elevational gradient in Norway. Life history …