Mate guarding, competition and variation in size in male orb-web spiders, Metellina segmentata: A field experiment

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1053-1058

  Prenter, John ^a   Elwood, Robert W ^a   Montgomery, W Ian ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATE GUARDING; MORPHOLOGY; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; METELLINA SEGMENTATA; METIDAE;

EID: 0347543867     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2266     Document Type: Article

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