Males assess chemical signals to discriminate just-mated females from virgins in redback spiders

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1669-1674

  Stoltz, Jeffrey A ^a   McNeil, Jeremy N ^b   Andrade, Maydianne C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

courtship pheromone; Latrodectus hasselti; mate attraction; mate discrimination; pheromonostasis; polyandry; redback spider; reproductive status

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; MATE ATTRACTION; PHEROMONE; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

ARANEAE; LATRODECTUS HASSELTI;

EID: 36749013092     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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