Effects of temperature on courtship and copulatory behaviours of a wolf spider Pardosa astrigera (Araneae: Lycosidae)

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 348-352

  Jiao, Xiaoguo ^a   Wu, Jun ^a   Chen, Zhanqi ^a   Chen, Jian ^a   Liu, Fengxiang ^a  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Copulation; Courtship; Pardosa astrigera; Temperature; Wolf spider

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HABITAT SELECTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPIDER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; PARDOSA ASTRIGERA;

EID: 70349770676     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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