Timing and patterns of mating in a free-ranging population of Lycosa tarantula (Araneae, Lycosidae) from central Spain

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 552-555

  Fernández Montraveta, Carmen ^a   Cuadrado, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; MATURATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPIDER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ARANEAE; LYCOSA TARANTULA; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 34547910457     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-015     Document Type: Article

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