Mate attraction in a burrowing wolf-spider (araneae, lycosidae) is not olfactory mediated

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 375-383

  Fernández Montraveta, Carmen ^a   Cuadrado, Mariano ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Jerez de la Frontera   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BURROWING; CHEMICAL CUE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE LOCATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OLFACTORY CUE; PITFALL TRAP; SEX PHEROMONE; SPIDER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; LYCOSA TARANTULA; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 62749137157     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01623.x     Document Type: Article

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