Modeling male reproductive strategies and optimal mate number in an orb-web spider

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Rittschof, Clare C ^a,b   Hilber, Samantha A ^a   Tudor, M Scarlett ^a   St Mary, Colette M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

body size; male mate choice; multiple mating; sperm depletion

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COPULATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE GUARDING; MULTIPLE MATING; OPTIMIZATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPERM; SPIDER; TRADE-OFF;

ARANEAE; NEPHILA CLAVIPES; NEPHILA INAURATA;

EID: 84555204669     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr142     Document Type: Article

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