Pheromone-based female mate choice and its effect on reproductive investment in a spitting spider

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 923-930

  Koh, Teck Hui ^a   Seah, Wee Khee ^a   Yap, Laura Marie Y L ^a   Li, Daiqin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical signal; Mate choice; Reproductive allocation; Scytodes; Spitting spider

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHEROMONE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; SCYTODES; SCYTODIDAE;

EID: 63149095250     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0735-4     Document Type: Article

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