Sperm storage and copulation duration in a sexually cannibalistic spider

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-15

  Herberstein, Marie E ^a   Schneider, Jutta M ^b   Harmer, Aaron M T ^a   Gaskett, Anne C ^a   Robinson, Katherine ^a   Shaddick, Kim ^a   Soetkamp, Daniel ^a   Wilson, Peter D ^a   Pekár, Stano ^d   Elgar, Mark A ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Araneidae; Argiope keyserlingi; Copulation duration; Sperm storage; Sperm transfer

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARGIOPE KEYSERLINGI;

EID: 78650484673     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-010-0213-5     Document Type: Article

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