Male induction of female quiescence/catalepsis during courtship in the spider, Agelenopsis aperta

Behaviour

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-70

  Becker, Elizabeth ^a,c   Riechert, Susan ^b   Singer, Fred ^a  

^a RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c Carroll County High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship; Pheromone; Quiescence

Indexed keywords

AGELENOPSIS APERTA; ARANEAE;

EID: 24344494975     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539053627767     Document Type: Article

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