Mate guarding and aggression by the crab spider Misumena vatia in relation to female reproductive status and sex ratio

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 201-211

  Holdsworth, Andrew R ^a   Morse, Douglass H ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; MATE GUARDING; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEX RATIO; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; MISUMENA VATIA;

EID: 0033971456     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2000)143[0201:MGAABT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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