Female choice and pre-existing bias: Visual cues during courtship in two Schizocosa wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 167-181

  McClintock, William J ^a   Uetz, George W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCHIZOCOSA; ARANEAE; SCHIZOCOSA OCREATA; SCHIZOCOSA ROVNERI;

COURTSHIP; VISUAL CUE;

EID: 0030176775     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0162     Document Type: Article

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