Male competition over access to females in a spider with last-male sperm precedence

Ethology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 385-400

  Schaefer, Daniela ^a   Uhl, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COURTSHIP; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; SPERM COMPETITION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; PHOLCIDAE; PHOLCUS PHALANGIOIDES;

EID: 0037573559     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00881.x     Document Type: Article

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