Virgin doves and mated hawks: Contest behaviour in a spider

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1099-1104

  Fromhage, Lutz ^a,b   Schneider, Jutta M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIGHTING; INJURY; MALE BEHAVIOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPIDER; TRADE-OFF;

ACCIPITRINAE; ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; COLUMBIFORMES; FENESTRIDA; NEPHILA; QUADRULA AUREA;

EID: 27144529530     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.02.020     Document Type: Article

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