Male mate choice and female response in relation to mating status and time since mating

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 250-256

  Morse, Douglass H ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Crab spider; Life history; Mating behavior; Misumena vatia; Sperm allocation; Sperm competition; Spiderling; Temporal change

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; LIFE HISTORY; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; SPERM COMPETITION; SPIDER; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARANEAE; BOERHAVIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MISUMENA VATIA; THOMISIDAE;

EID: 76749121841     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp183     Document Type: Article

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