Non-conceptive sexual behavior in spiders: A form of play associated with body condition, personality type, and male intrasexual selection

Ethology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-40

  Pruitt, Jonathan N ^a   Burghardt, Gordon M ^b   Riechert, Susan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; JUVENILE; MALE; MATE GUARDING; PLAY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURITY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB; TRADE-OFF;

ANELOSIMUS STUDIOSUS; ARANEAE;

EID: 83055186612     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01980.x     Document Type: Article

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