Reproductive foragers: Male spiders choose mates by selecting among competitive environments

American Naturalist

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 638-649

  Jordan, Lyndon Alexander ^a,b   Kokko, Hanna ^c   Kasumovic, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foraging; Male; Mate choice; Prior residence; Resident effect

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PRIOR RESIDENCE; RESIDENT POPULATION; SPIDER;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDERS;

EID: 84898866938     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675755     Document Type: Article

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