Spiders bring new insight into the eco-evolutionary drivers of body size variation and sexual size dimorphism in arthropods
Camille Ameline, Denis Lafage, Philippe Vernon, Mickaël Hedde, Julien Pétillon
This paper reviews body size variation and sexual size dimorphism in spiders across latitude and elevation gradients, finding ecological factors influence these traits more than phylogeny.
Journal of Biogeography · Feb 1, 2026Peer-reviewedEcology