Leg ornamentation and the efficacy of courtship display in four species of wolf spider (Araneae: Lycosidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 280-286

  Hebets, Eileen A ^a,b   Uetz, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplifier; Courtship efficacy; Female choice; Ornamentation; Spiders

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; ORNAMENTATION; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; SCHIZOCOSA CRASSIPES; SCHIZOCOSA DUPLEX; SCHIZOCOSA STRIDULANS; SCHIZOCOSA UETZI;

EID: 0034036952     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050667     Document Type: Article

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