Sexual cannibalism and mate choice

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 481-490

  Prenter, John ^a   MacNeil, Calum ^a,b   Elwood, Robert W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Government Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE;

EID: 33644652779     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.05.011     Document Type: Review

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