Male performance and body size affect female re-mating occurrence in the orb-web spider leucauge mariana (Araneae, Tetragnathidae)

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1127-1136

  Aisenberg, Anita ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; CRYPSIS; PATERNITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; LEUCAUGE MARIANA; TETRAGNATHIDAE;

EID: 70449578802     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01701.x     Document Type: Article

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