Evidence that mating plug is related to null female mating activity in the scorpion Vaejovis punctatus

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 152-163

  Contreras Garduño, Jorge ^a   Peretti, Alfredo V ^b   Córdoba Aguilar, Alex ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATING BEHAVIOR;

SCORPIONES; VAEJOVIS;

EID: 33645033292     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01149.x     Document Type: Article

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