Fluctuating asymmetry and sexual performance in the drumming wolf spider Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 281-292

  Ahtiainen, Jari J ^a   Alatalo, Rauno V ^a   Mappes, Johanna ^a   Vertainen, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; CANIS; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 0037631121     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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