Sexual conflict over copulation duration in a cannibalistic spider

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 781-788

  Schneider, Jutta M ^a,b   Gilberg, Simone ^a   Fromhage, Lutz ^a,b   Uhl, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; COPULATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARGIOPE BRUENNICHI;

EID: 33644638757     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.05.012     Document Type: Article

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