Five new cases of paternal care in harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones): Implications for the evolution of male guarding in the neotropical family gonyleptidae

Sociobiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 577-598

  Machado, Glauco ^a   Requena, Gustavo S ^a   Buzatto, Bruno A ^a   Osses, Francini ^a   Rossetto, Liliam M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gonyleptes; Gonyleptidae; Iguapeia; Iporangaia; Neosadocus; Parental investment; Progonyleptoidellus; Subsocial behavior

Indexed keywords

ARACHNIDA; GONYLEPTES; GONYLEPTIDAE; OPILIONES; PROGONYLEPTOIDELLUS; PROGONYLEPTOIDELLUS STRIATUS;

EID: 8444230027     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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