An experimental evaluation of selection on color morphs of the polymorphic spider Enoplognatha ovata (Araneae: Theridiidae)
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Reillo, PR, Wise, DH. (1988). An experimental evaluation of selection on color morphs of the polymorphic spider Enoplognatha ovata (Araneae: Theridiidae)
. EVOLUTION, 42(6), 1172-1189. 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1988.tb04178.x
Reillo, PR, Wise, DH. (1988). An experimental evaluation of selection on color morphs of the polymorphic spider Enoplognatha ovata (Araneae: Theridiidae)
. EVOLUTION, 42(6), 1172-1189. 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1988.tb04178.x
Selection on E. ovata color morphs is not likely to be detected easily within a single population because of the swamping effect of dispersal. Local patterns of morph-frequency variation may arise more from dispersal and drift than from selection on the color phenotypes. -from Authors