The combined effects of pre- and post-insemination sexual selection on extreme variation in male body size

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 419-433

  Schneider, Jutta M ^a   Elgar, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Araneoidea; Male male competition; Nephila edulis; Sexual size dimorphism; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MALE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARANEOIDEA; NEPHILA; NEPHILA EDULIS;

EID: 27644499432     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-005-8310-6     Document Type: Article

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