Maternal investment in a spider with suicidal maternal care, Stegodyphus lineatus (Araneae, Eresidae)

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Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 614-622

  Salomon, Mor ^a   Schneider, Jutta ^b   Lubin, Yael ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPIDER; TRADE-OFF;

ARANEAE; ERESIDAE; STEGODYPHUS LINEATUS;

EID: 17444403248     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13004.x     Document Type: Article

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