Behavioural evidence of UV sensitivity in jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 192, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 871-878

  Lim, Matthew L M ^a   Li, Daiqin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agonistic display; Communication; Courtship display; Jumping spiders; Ultraviolet vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; FEMALE; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPIDERS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33746440615     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0126-5     Document Type: Article

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