Interacting effects of size and prior injury in jumping spider conflicts

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 787-794

  Taylor, Phillip W ^a,b   Jackson, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; INJURY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; SPIDER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; SALTICIDAE; TRITE PLANICEPS;

EID: 0037392877     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2104     Document Type: Article

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