The role of visual ornamentation in female choice of a multimodal male courtship display

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1062-1070

  Hebets, Eileen A ^a   Cuasay, K ^b   Rivlin, P K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; ORNAMENTATION; PIGMENT; SPIDER; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; SCHIZOCOSA UETZI;

EID: 33749846275     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01274.x     Document Type: Article

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