Effect of UV-reflecting markings on female mate-choice decisions in Cosmophasis umbratica, a jumping spider from Singapore

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-66

  Lim, Matthew L M ^a   Li, Jingjing ^b   Li, Daiqin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Color vision; Cosmophasis umbratica; Female mate choice; Jumping spiders; Sexual selection; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

COLOR; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPIDER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ARANEAE; SALTICIDAE;

EID: 38149034429     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm100     Document Type: Article

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