Nuptial gift-giving behaviour and male mating effort in the Neotropical spider Paratrechalea ornata (Trechaleidae)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1031-1036

  Albo, María J ^a   Costa, Fernando G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

male mating effort; oviposition acceleration; Paratrechalea ornata; sexual selection; spider nuptial gift

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; COPULATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MALE BEHAVIOR; NUPTIAL GIFT; OVIPOSITION; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; MIRABILIS; PISAURA MIRABILIS; PISAURIDAE;

EID: 77950866440     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.01.018     Document Type: Article

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