Effects of mating experience on subsequent reproductive behaviour and sperm release in the spider Nesticodes rufipes

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1327-1334

  Molina, Yamile ^a   Christenson, Terry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

cobweb spider; copulatory plug; female receptivity; mating history; Nesticodes rufipes; sperm competition; spider

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BREEDING SEASON; COPULATION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SPERM COMPETITION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; NESTICODES RUFIPES;

EID: 51549088547     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.04.021     Document Type: Article

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