Silk investment in gifts by males of the nuptial feeding spider pisaura mirabilis (Araneae: Pisauridae)

Behaviour

Volumn 133, Issue 9-10, 1996, Pages 697-716

  Lang, Andreas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COPULATION; NUPTIAL GIFT; SILK;

ARANEAE; PISAURA MIRABILIS;

EID: 0030423822     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853996X00431     Document Type: Article

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