Agonistic behaviour of female Tegenaria atrica in the presence of different aged spiderlings

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-149

  Pourié, Grégory ^a   Trabalon, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Araneae; Cannibalism; Cuticular compounds; Reproductive state; Solitary spider

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CANNIBALISM; CHEMICAL CONTROL; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; TEGENARIA ATRICA;

EID: 0032938477     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.1999.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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