Sperm competition in a nuptial feeding spider, pisaura mirabilis

Behaviour

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 877-897

  Drengsgaard, Inger L ^a   Toft, Søren ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Copulation duration; Fluctuating asymmetry; Nuptial gift; Pisaura mirabilis; Sperm precedence; Sperm priority; Sterile male technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033444198     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853999501621     Document Type: Article

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