Seismic signals in a courting male jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 4029-4039

  Elias, Damian O ^a   Mason, Andrew C ^b   Maddison, Wayne P ^c   Hoy, Ronald R ^a  

^a Seeley G Mudd Hall ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Buzz; Courtship; Habronattus dossenus; Jumping spider; Scrape; Seismic signal; Signal ablation; Thump; Vibration; Visual signal

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEARING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND DETECTION; SPIDER; THORAX; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIBRATION; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPIDERS; THORAX; VIBRATION; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; HABRONATTUS; HABRONATTUS DOSSENUS; SALTICIDAE;

EID: 0344153021     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00634     Document Type: Article

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