Insemination does not affect female mate choice in a nuptial feeding spider

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 197-201

  Prokop, Pavol ^a,b  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Female mate choice; Nuptial gift; Pisaura mirabilis; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; NUPTIAL GIFT; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; MIRABILIS; PISAURA MIRABILIS; PISAURIDAE;

EID: 33746938738     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000600727741     Document Type: Article

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