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Maternal Body-mass Transfer to Offspring in the Matriphagous Spider, Amaurobius ferox (Amaurobiidae)

Journal of Ecology and Environment / Journal of Ecology and Environment, (P)2287-8327; (E)2288-1220
2009, v.32 no.3, pp.177-182

(2009). Maternal Body-mass Transfer to Offspring in the Matriphagous Spider, Amaurobius ferox (Amaurobiidae). Journal of Ecology and Environment, 32(3), 177-182.
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Abstract

The optimal strategy for semelparous females may involve djustments in the relative investment in two fitness components, the number of offspring and the post-hatching investment per capita. To determine the pattern of maternal resource allocation to offspring in the matriphagous spider, Amaurobius ferox (Amauro-biidae), I investigated the relationship between maternal body-mass and the number of offspring, and quantified the transfer of maternal body-mass to the offspring via different forms of maternal provisioning (trophic egg-laying and matriphagy). There was a positive relationship between female body-mass and the number of offspring. However, Amaurobius mothers did not produce more trophic eggs when they had larger broods. Rather, spider-lings in larger A. ferox broods consumed larger quantities of maternal body-mass via matriphagy. Mothers trans ferred 28.8±6.5% of their body-mass to the spiderlings via trophic egg-laying, and an estimated 39.0±12.5% of their body-mass was transferred to the spiderlings via matriphagy

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Amaurobius, Brood size, Maternal body-mass, Maternal food, Matriphagy, Amaurobius, Brood size, Maternal body-mass, Maternal food, Matriphagy

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