Inter-sexual combat and resource allocation into body parts in the spider, Stegodyphus lineatus

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 564-567

  Maklakov, Alexei A ^a,b   Bilde, Trine ^b,c   Lubin, Yael ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Polyandry; Sexual armament; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection; Stegodyphus lineatus; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MULTIPLE MATING; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; STEGODYPHUS LINEATUS;

EID: 33845588932     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00815.x     Document Type: Article

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