Daring females, devoted males, and reversed sexual size dimorphism in the sand-dwelling spider Allocosa brasiliensis (Araneae, Lycosidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-35

  Aisenberg, Anita ^a   Viera, Carmen ^b   Costa, Fernando G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Sex roles; Sexual size dimorphism reversal; Wolf spider

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MALE; OVIPOSITION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPIDER;

ALLOCOSA; ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 35248881993     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0435-x     Document Type: Article

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