Alternative mating tactics in dimorphic males of the harvestman Longiperna concolor (Arachnida: Opiliones)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 995-1005

  Zatz, Camila ^a   Werneck, Rachel M ^a   Macías Ordóñez, Rogelio ^b   Machado, Glauco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Discontinuous allometry; Fight; Male male competition; Mating system; Polyphenism

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARACHNID; BREEDING SEASON; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FIGHTING; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PHILOPATRY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TERRITORY;

ARACHNIDA; OPILIONES;

EID: 79955069474     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1103-0     Document Type: Article

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