Female cooperation in plug formation in a spider: Effects of male copulatory courtship

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1236-1241

  Aisenberg, Anita ^a   Eberhard, William G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Copulatory courtship; Copulatory plug; Cryptic female choice; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; COURTSHIP; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; LEUCAUGE MARIANA; TETRAGNATHIDAE;

EID: 70449594079     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp117     Document Type: Article

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