Sexual cannibalism and mate choice decisions in wolf spiders: Influence of male size and secondary sexual characters

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-94

  Persons, Matthew H ^a,b   Uetz, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CANNIBALISM; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ARANEAE; CANIS; LYCOSIDAE; SCHIZOCOSA; SCHIZOCOSA OCREATA;

EID: 11144343790     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.12.030     Document Type: Article

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