Sex-specific UV and fluorescence signals in jumping spiders

Science

Volumn 315, Issue 5811, 2007, Pages 481-

  Lim, Matthew L M ^a   Land, Michael F ^b   Li, Daiqin ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; MATE RECOGNITION; SPIDER;

ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; FLUORESCENCE; JUMPING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPIDER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CUES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; MALE; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPIDERS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

SALTICIDAE;

EID: 33846631225     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1134254     Document Type: Article

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