Approach strategy by which male Mediterranean tarantulas adjust to the cannibalistic behaviour of females

Ethology

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 717-724

  Moya Laraño, Jordi ^a,c   Pascual, Jordi ^b   Wise, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Estac Exp de Zonas Áridas ^*  (Spain)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; DIEL VARIATION; EVOLUTION; SELECTION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; CANIS; LYCOSA; LYCOSIDAE; THERAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 4544241746     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2004.01012.x     Document Type: Article

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