The interaction of female condition and mating status on male-male aggression in a wolf spider

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 331-338

  Hoefler, Chad D ^a,b   Guhanarayan, Gayatri ^b   Persons, Matthew H ^c   Rypstra, Ann L ^b  

^a ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CONDITION FACTOR; DIET; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LABORATORY METHOD; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; PARDOSA MILVINA;

EID: 62749174613     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01627.x     Document Type: Article

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