Genital damage in the orb-web spider Argiope bruennichi (Araneae: Araneidae) increases paternity success

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 174-181

  Nessler, Stefan H ^a,b   Uhl, Gabriele ^b   Schneider, Jutta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mating plug; Sexual cannibalism; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARGIOPE BRUENNICHI;

EID: 33845897363     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl074     Document Type: Article

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