Sexual behavior, cannibalism, and mating plugs as sticky traps in the orb weaver spider Leucauge argyra (Tetragnathidae)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 605-613

  Aisenberg, Anita ^a   Barrantes, Gilbert ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Genital plug; Plug removal; Sexual cannibalism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; CANNIBALISM; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPIDERS;

EID: 84855164631     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0807-y     Document Type: Article

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