Seismic communication and mate choice in wolf spiders: components of male seismic signals and mating success

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1253-1262

  Gibson, Jeremy S ^a   Uetz, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

courtship signal; Lycosidae; mate choice; multimodal communication; percussion; sexual selection; stridulation; wolf spider

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; SCHIZOCOSA OCREATA;

EID: 40849145378     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.09.026     Document Type: Article

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