Mating system and mating success of the desert spider Agelenopsis aperta

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 313-322

  Singer, Fred ^a   Riechert, Susan E ^b  

^a RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mating system; Monogamy; Sexual selection; Spiders

Indexed keywords

DESERT SPIDER; MATING SUCCESS; MATING SYSTEM; MONOGAMY; POLYANDRY; POLYGYNANDRY; POLYGYNY;

AGELENOPSIS APERTA;

EID: 0028975686     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: 14320762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00167792     Document Type: Article

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