Determinants of paternity success in the spider Pholcus phalangioides (Pholcidae: Araneae): The role of male and female mating behaviour

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 368-377

  Schäfer, Martin A ^a   Uhl, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age effect; Allozyme technique; Courtship; Sexual conflict; Sperm precedence

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPERM COMPETITION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; INVERTEBRATA; PHOLCIDAE; PHOLCUS PHALANGIOIDES;

EID: 0036523844     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-001-0448-9     Document Type: Article

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