Female receptivity and male mate-guarding in the jewel spider Gasteracantha minax Thorell (Araneidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 729-738

  Elgar, Mark A ^a   Bathgate, Rachael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

female receptivity; male male competition; mate guarding; orb spinning spiders

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; GASTERACANTHA; GASTERACANTHA MINAX;

EID: 0030464217     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02213553     Document Type: Article

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