Influence of optical cues from conspecific females on escalation decisions during male-male interactions of jumping spiders

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 136-141

  Cross, Fiona R ^a   Jackson, Robert R ^a,b   Pollard, Simon D ^c   Walker, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c CANTERBURY MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aggression; Game theory; Perception; Priming; Salticidae; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GAME THEORY; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; SPIDER; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOBLEMUM ALBOVITTATUM; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SPIDER; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAME THEORY; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEX FACTORS; SPIDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

SALTICIDAE;

EID: 33747338456     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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