Mating in the absence of visual cues by Schizocosa ocreata (Hentz 1844) wolf spiders (araneae, lycosidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 501-505

  Taylor, Phillip W ^a   Andrew Roberts, J ^b   Uetz, George W ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Lycosidae; Multimodal signalling; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; SALTICIDAE; SCHIZOCOSA OCREATA;

EID: 34248660561     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/S04-98.1     Document Type: Article

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