Sound is involved in multimodal communication of Loxosceles intermedia Mello-Leitão, 1934 (Araneae; Sicariidae)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 236-243

  Fischer, Marta Luciane ^a   Čokl, Andrej ^b   Ramires, Eduardo Novaes ^c   Marques da Silva, Emanuel ^d   Delay, Carlos ^e   Fontana, José Domingos ^e   Donatti, Lucélia ^e   Schneider, Vanice Fátima ^e   Marques, Francisco de Assis ^e  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSIDADE TUIUTI DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d Secretaria de Estado da Saude do Parana   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brown spider; Copulatory behaviour; Cuticular compounds; Mating system; Sound signals

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; SIGNALING; SPIDER; VIBRATION;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND; SOUND PRESSURE; SPIDER; VELOCITY; VIBRATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHEROMONES; SOUND; SPIDERS; VIBRATION;

ARANEAE; LOXOSCELES INTERMEDIA; SICARIIDAE;

EID: 70350106690     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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