Sex matters: sexually dimorphic fitness consequences of a behavioural syndrome

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 175-181

  Pruitt, Jonathan N ^a   Riechert, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

agonistic behaviour; Anelosimus studiosus; comb footed spider; correlated trait; courtship; evolutionary conflict

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SOCIAL STATUS; SPIDER;

ANELOSIMUS STUDIOSUS; ARANEAE;

EID: 67349147912     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.04.016     Document Type: Article

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