Is contest experience a trump card? The interaction of residency status, experience, and body size on fighting success in Misumenoides formosipes (Araneae: Thomisidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 779-790

  Hoefler, Chad D ^a,b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Contest asymmetries; Game theory; Misumenoides formosipes; Precopulatory mate guarding

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; MISUMENOIDES; MISUMENOIDES FORMOSIPES; THOMISIDAE;

EID: 0036866731     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021123523307     Document Type: Article

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