An examination of agonistic interactions in the whip spider Phrynus marginemaculatus (arachnida, amblypygi)

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5: Water Pollution

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-76

  Fowler Finn, Kasey D ^a,b   Hebets, Eileen A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonistic interactions; Amblypygid; Intrasexual competition; Intrasexual selection; Learning and memory

Indexed keywords

AMBLYPYGI; ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; PHRYNUS MARGINEMACULATUS;

EID: 33947306248     PISSN: 14336863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1636/S04-104.1     Document Type: Article

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