Love bites: Male fang use during coercive mating in wolf spiders

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-18

  Johns, Julianna L ^a,b   Roberts, J Andrew ^c   Clark, David L ^d   Uetz, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Cincinnati University   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALMA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coercive mating; Female costs of mating; Fitness costs; Injury; Lycosidae; Sexual conflict; Spiders

Indexed keywords

ARMS RACE; COPULATION; FITNESS; INJURY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; SCHIZOCOSA OCREATA;

EID: 77952671063     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0812-8     Document Type: Article

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