Persistence of sexual reluctance in mated females and the importance of regular copulation in a wolf spider

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-124

  Gonzalez M ^a   Costa, F G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Female sexual reluctance; Receptivity inhibiting substances; Schizocosa malitiosa

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERSISTENCE; PHENOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; SCHIZOCOSA;

EID: 49049100027     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2008.9522532     Document Type: Article

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