Sexual selection, male morphology, and the efficacy of courtship signalling in two wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-23

  Scheffer, Sonja J ^a,c   Uetz, George W ^a   Stratton, Gail E ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship communication; Schizocosa; Secondary sexual characteristics; Sexual selection; Spiders

Indexed keywords

SCHIZOCOSA OCREATA; SCHIZOCOSA ROVNERI; ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE;

BRUSH-LEGGED WOLF SPIDER; COURTSHIP; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL; WOLF SPIDER;

EID: 0029667594     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050212     Document Type: Article

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