Male insemination decisions and sperm quality influence paternity in the golden orb-weaving spider

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-291

  Jones, Theresa M ^a   Elgar, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Insemination; Polyandry; Sperm competition; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM COMPETITION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; NEPHILA EDULIS; QUADRULA AUREA;

EID: 52449101207     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm126     Document Type: Article

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