Limited male dispersal in a social spider with extreme inbreeding

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-234

  Lubin, Yael ^a   Birkhofer, Klaus ^b   Berger Tal, Reut ^a   Bilde, Trine ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Gene flow; Matrilineages; Movement; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; INBREEDING; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; PROPAGULE; PROTANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX RATIO; SPIDER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE;

EID: 66149104790     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01190.x     Document Type: Article

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