The male mating system in a desert widow spider

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 379-393

  Segev, Ori ^a,b   Ziv, Merav ^a   Lubin, Yael ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Latrodectus; Mating strategy; Sexual cohabitation; Size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; LATRODECTUS; LATRODECTUS REVIVENSIS;

EID: 0842302331     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/S01-101     Document Type: Article

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