Efficiency of uniparental male and female care against egg predators in two closely related syntopic harvestmen

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1169-1176

  Requena, Gustavo S ^a   Buzatto, Bruno A ^b   Munguía Steyer, Roberto ^c   Machado, Glauco ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acutisoma; Arachnida; egg predation; egg protection; Iporangaia; maternal care; Opiliones; paternal care

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; CONSPECIFIC; EGG PREDATION; EGG SIZE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MUCUS; PARENTAL CARE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ARACHNIDA; IPORANGAIA PUSTULOSA; OPILIONES;

EID: 70350043523     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.07.035     Document Type: Article

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