Female feeding regime and polyandry in the nuptially feeding nursery web spider, Pisaura mirabilis

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 259-265

  Prokop, Pavol ^a,b   Maxwell, Michael R ^c  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mating effort; Nuptial feeding; Nursery web spider; Pisaura mirabilis; Polyandry

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATING BEHAVIOR; MULTIPLE MATING; NUPTIAL GIFT; NURSERY GROUND; POLYANDRY; SPIDER; STARVATION;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPIDERS;

PISAURA MIRABILIS; PISAURIDAE;

EID: 58249118696     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0477-6     Document Type: Article

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