Between-sex variation in running speed and a potential cost of leg autotomy in the wolf spider Pirata sedentarius

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 115-125

  Apontes, Pasha ^a   Brown, Christopher A ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTOMY; LOCOMOTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; CTENIDAE; LYCOSIDAE; PIRATA; PIRATA SEDENTARIUS;

EID: 22744456608     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)154[0115:BVIRSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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