Sprint speeds of juvenile scorpions: Among family differences and parent offspring correlations

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-54

  Shaffer, L R ^a,b   Formanowicz Jr , D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator; Centruroides, scorpions; Heritability; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034091303     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007711508847     Document Type: Article

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