Effect of 20-hydroxyecdysone on cannibalism, sexual behavior, and contact sex pheromone in the solitary female spider, Tegenaria atrica

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-66

  Trabalon, Marie ^a   Niogret, Jérôme ^a   Legrand Frossi, Christine ^a  

^a Physiologie du Comportement   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical signals; Ecdysteroids; Intraspecific interactions; Spider; Tegenaria atrica

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTERONE; FATTY ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PENTADECANOIC ACID; SEX PHEROMONE; STEARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; STEARIC ACID METHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CANNIBALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDER;

EID: 24344442897     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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