Reproductive consequences of male body mass and aggressiveness depend on females' behavioral types

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1957-1966

  Pruitt, Jonathan N ^a,b   Riechert, Susan E ^a   Harris, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral syndrome; Personality; Sexual selection; Social selection; Temperament

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY MASS; CANNIBALISM; COLONY; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPIDER;

ANELOSIMUS STUDIOSUS; ARANEAE;

EID: 80052734746     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1205-3     Document Type: Article

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