Sexual cannibalism in the brown widow spider (Latrodectus geometricus)

Ethology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 279-286

  Segoli, Michal ^a   Arieli, Ruthie ^a   Sierwald, Petra ^b   Harari, Ally R ^a,c   Lubin, Yael ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; MATING BEHAVIOR; MONOGAMY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; LATRODECTUS GEOMETRICUS; LATRODECTUS HASSELTI;

EID: 39149118929     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01462.x     Document Type: Article

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