Monogynous mating strategies in spiders

Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 441-464

  Schneider, Jutta ^a   Fromhage, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 77958450670     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02624-9_15     Document Type: Chapter

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