Pattern and duration of copulation in wolf spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 186-200

  Stratton, Gail E ^a,d   Hebets, Eileen A ^b,e   Miller, Patricia R ^c   Miller, Gary L ^b  

^a ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c Northwest Mississippi Comm College   (United States)

^d RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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