Male courtship effort determines female response to competing rivals in redback spiders

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-85

  Stoltz, J A ^a   Elias, D O ^b   Andrade, M C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

courtship; female choice; female control; Latrodectus hasselti; male male competition; redback spider

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANNIBALISM; COURTSHIP; FITNESS; MATING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPERM COMPETITION; SPIDER; TRADE-OFF;

ARANEAE; LATRODECTUS HASSELTI;

EID: 57449084680     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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