Behavioural evidence of male volatile pheromones in the sex-role reversed wolf spiders Allocosa brasiliensis and Allocosa alticeps

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-70

  Aisenberg, Anita ^a   Baruffaldi, Luciana ^a,b   González, MacArena ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Allocosa; Male pheromones; Sex role reversal; Volatile pheromones; Wolf spider

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CHEMICAL CUE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE LOCATION; PHEROMONE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEX REVERSAL; SPIDER;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; PHEROMONES; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS;

ALLOCOSA; ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 73649134676     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0612-z     Document Type: Article

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