Monogynous mating behaviour and its ecological basis in the golden orb spider Nephila fenestrata

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 813-820

  Fromhage, Lutz ^a,b   Jacobs, Kerstin ^a   Schneider, Jutta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; MATING BEHAVIOR; MONOGYNY; MORTALITY RISK; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEX RATIO; SPIDER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARANEAE; NEPHILA FENESTRATA; QUADRULA AUREA;

EID: 34447513989     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01383.x     Document Type: Article

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