Eunuchs as better fighters?

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-101

  Kralj Fišer, Simona ^a,b   Kuntner, Matjaž ^a,c,d  

^a ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cannibalism; Emasculation; Guarding; Nephilengys livida; Nephilidae; Plugging

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; ANATOMY; CANNIBALISM; COPULATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPIDER;

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

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

ARANEAE; NEPHILENGYS;

EID: 84857050465     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0873-1     Document Type: Article

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