Male mate choice and patterns of paternity in the polyandrous, sexually cannibalistic orb-web spider Nephila plumipes

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 357-365

  Elgar, Mark A ^a   Bruce, Mathew J ^a,b   Champion De Crespigny, Fleur E ^a,c   Cutler, Anna R ^a   Cutler, Cathryn L ^a   Gaskett, Anne C ^a   Herberstein, Marie E ^a,b   Ramamurthy, Sharada ^a   Schneider, Jutta M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; MATE CHOICE; MULTIPLE MATING; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; NEPHILA; TETRAGNATHIDAE;

EID: 0344287539     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO02079     Document Type: Article

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