Resource defense polygyny shifts to female defense polygyny over the course of the reproductive season of a Neotropical harvestman

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-94

  Buzatto, Bruno A ^a   Machado, Glauco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gonyleptidae; Harem; Host plant selection; Male territoriality; Opiliones; Resource holding potential; Resource value

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARACHNID; BREEDING SEASON; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HOST PLANT; HOST SELECTION; OVIPOSITION; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARACHNIDA; GONYLEPTIDAE; OPILIONES;

EID: 54049111349     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0638-9     Document Type: Article

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